Come What May, and Love It

This was an amazing talk, and while everyone is thinking that I should be focusing on the part about having hope and how eventually everything will be better, that was not the part that stood out to me. I already know everything won't be this way forever, and yes, it hurts now, but I know I will have so much more happiness because of it. This is what stood out to me:

"How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't--at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother was suggesting that we suppress discouragement or deny the reality of pain. I don't think she was suggesting that we smother unpleasant truths beneath a cloak of pretend happiness. But I do believe that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life." Elder Joseph B Wirthlin

Thank you Elder Wirthlin. Thank you for telling me that it's ok to cry. That it's ok to feel pain. That it's ok to be disappointed. Because it seems I'm told a lot that it's a sin to be hurt by others or be disappointed in them. Now I can just let myself feel and not feel bad because I'm being selfish or a brat. Because "pain is pain, and it doesn't matter how you're heart gets broken... it still hurts." I love our leaders. And I love my Heavenly Father for knowing what I needed to hear.