"Come what may, and LOVE it.”

Recently i was reading a friend of mine's blog and realized i had never posted about General Conference and how amazing it was...many things stood out and really touched my heart...so i wanted to share those with all of you. I know a month late and long but...
The first talk that stood out to me was President Thomas S. Monson talk on "Finding Joy in the journey".. on Sunday morning."Stresses in our lives come regardless of our circumstances. We must deal with them the best we can. But we should not let them get in the way of what is most important—and what is most important almost always involves the people around us. Often we assume that they must know how much we love them. But we should never assume; we should let them know. Wrote William Shakespeare, “They do not love that do not show their love.”3 We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us." Instantly when hearing this i thought of my own life, crazy busy,fast and alot of the times stressful. Many times i think like lots of do we get in the groove of life and forget the most important things, for me i have had my mind on one goal and have felt as though this had made me miss the more important parts of life, it seems we all tell our self's...just get to Friday, or next week or so on and so forth...wishing our lives away not taking time to enjoy what is happening now. Monson went on to say..."Send that note to the friend you’ve been neglecting; give your child a hug; give your parents a hug; say “I love you” more; always express your thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones pass on. It’s so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they’re gone from our lives and we are left with feelings of “what if” and “if only.” I know this is huge in my own life, and i know others.I see a daily example of this in my Loving husband, He is never too busy to do what is most important to him, HE ENJOYS LIFE! and never lets anything get him down!He takes time to tell those he loves he loves them and just takes it all in. I on the other hand am very goal oriented, i do things too fast most times and get caught on one goal and let other important things pass me by.I truly feel when i am less stressed and busy i am a better, wife,daughter,granddaughter,sister,and aunt.But the stresses of life never leave...they only change..so how do we deal?
listening to Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin talk on “Come what may, and love it.” just the title tells it all." life has peaks and shadows and times when it seems that the birds don’t sing and bells don’t ring. Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result." How do we see adversity as a learning experience..yes it is hard, but it all happens for a reason...we should embrace these things as a gift to us from our heavenly father..he is preparing us. Wirthlin went on to say "There is an antidote for this,God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”2 The Lord Jesus Christ is our partner, helper, and advocate. He wants us to be happy. He wants us to be successful. If we do our part, He will step in.s such as these: learn to laugh. He who descended below all things will come to our aid. He will comfort and uphold us. He will strengthen us in our weakness and fortify us in our distress. He will make weak things become strong.3
know why there must be opposition in all things. Adversity, if handled correctly, can be a blessing in our lives. We can learn to love it.As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understand the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure hardship and trial" WOW.
The third thing that hit me so hard was something i heard in someones talk and i somehow forgot who's. About Judging. More and more i listen to the conversations around me and get sick to my stomach..i hate hearing people talk down to others, and criticise each other for every flaw,challenge, and mistake they make.We all do this too much...when we should be holing each other up...not pulling them down."In this article, they pointed out something very, very interesting. When Christ appears to the people in the Americas, at the temple Bountiful, he asks them to come forth and touch his wounds. Why his wounds? Usually we think to prove, as evidence, that He is who He says He is. But what about this--what if he wanted them to feel his weakness, his humaneness and scars, so that we might know that it's OK for us to be the same? " I think he calls us all to touch the woundedness in Him, and in ourselves, so that we can be one with Him. REAL INTIMACY COMES THROUGH SHARED WEAKNESSES, NOT STRENGTHS; OTHERWISE, HE'D HAVE US FEEL HIS BICEPS, NOT HIS WOUNDS!. We should be saring in others weaknesses...we all have them...so let us show others our weaknesses embrace them. I see this much like a testimony..each time you share it it grows and touches someone else and helps their testimony to grow as well."But what about three or four of these same women in a Visiting Teaching moment...sharing some tender moments of the grief of losing a child, a failed marriage, a wayward teenager, a fractured testimony. Has this happened to you? You've wept a bit with your sister and come away feeling a closer bond, feeling the wounds of a fellow sister, and had a connection, warmth, and uplift perhaps not possible from the talent show.." It truly makes my heart hurt thinking how hard we are on each other, people who are different than us or so we think, we are all children of god. We all feel this way..how can we be less judgemental..for me it's service..i don't always have the "right" thing to say to others to make them feel how i feel about them, but through service we can see each other in a different light, see each others weakness, make them feel we are close to them and willing to help them always..in any circumstance..no matter what.SERVICE. Faith is the first principle and service is the second in resolving adversity. When we have adversity in our lives, we must exercise our faith, and then we need to find a place in the world where we can serve.
But most of all at the end of the day we need to all remember these things, love those around you often,tell them you love them and why and serve them. Don't judge those with differences or weaknesses..embrace them and share some of your own.
Enjoy life, laugh and realise that life is a journey..there will be hills,just hold the tools to climb them. And most of all always REMEMBER:God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face! The Lord said:He “would fight [our] battles, [our] children’s battles, and [the battles of our] children’s children.”10 And what do we do to merit such a defense? We are to “search diligently, pray always, and be believing[. Then] all things shall work together for [our] good, if [we] walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith [we] have covenanted.”