Just Keep Swimming!
Where do we find strength in the midst of earthly trials? This article, Enduring Well, By Elder J. Christopher Lansing in the January 2014 Ensign, gives some great advice, some great hope and a glimpse of what really matters...
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Sister Virgina Pearce share a similar, hopeful message - in her talk "Keep Walking and Give Time a Chance"
Another version of this would be....Just keep walking, walking, walking...
Or hang in there!
She explains how life is made up of small, monotonous moments - that if spent well will lead to great things... much like the Indra Swallowtail Butterfly which spends 7 years in a chrysallis and within a few hours emerges into this beautiful butterfly:
Sister Pearce says: "Did this caterpillar become a butterfly in a few short hours or in seven years?"
"The people of the city of Enoch are remembered by us as so good—so incredibly good—that the whole city was taken up into heaven. But if we read carefully we see that the city of Zion was taken up into heaven “in process of time” (Moses 7:21). Just like the pioneers, just like you and me, it must have been a process of walking forward, step by step, over a long period of time."
"Not only were those remarkable pioneers willing to keep moving forward, they “sang as they walked and walked and walked.” Are we expected to be cheerful as we do our daily work? Well, maybe not every minute of every day. Certainly we are sad and even angry at times. But we can make a decision to refrain from wallowing in our sadness or anger. "
Sister Virgina Pearce share a similar, hopeful message - in her talk "Keep Walking and Give Time a Chance"
Another version of this would be....Just keep walking, walking, walking...
Or hang in there!
"The people of the city of Enoch are remembered by us as so good—so incredibly good—that the whole city was taken up into heaven. But if we read carefully we see that the city of Zion was taken up into heaven “in process of time” (Moses 7:21). Just like the pioneers, just like you and me, it must have been a process of walking forward, step by step, over a long period of time."
"Not only were those remarkable pioneers willing to keep moving forward, they “sang as they walked and walked and walked.” Are we expected to be cheerful as we do our daily work? Well, maybe not every minute of every day. Certainly we are sad and even angry at times. But we can make a decision to refrain from wallowing in our sadness or anger. "
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