Recently I have been learning many things. It always seems
that with learning comes trials and pain. I have been through many things in my
life and I have lived with many different families and been a part of many people’s
lives. I have always come away from each person and family wiser and stronger because
of the things that I have learned from them.
I remember a talk from many years ago; it was from a stake
president who I admired. It was his first talk as a stake president, he said that
he was not perfect and that if we looked for his faults we would not have to
look very far and then he went on to talk about how we need to stop looking for
people’s faults and start looking for the good in others. How often I fail to
do that? I have become very judgmental and frustrated with people when it is me
who should be looking within my own self and fixing my own imperfections.
Sometimes I feel I have a right because of this or that, but in reality I have
no right. Every trial, temptation and blessing that I have ever received in my
life has been for my own profit and learning and I forget that often. I just
feel lately (meaning the last few years) I have been short with people, very
opinionated and I have not been as kind as I should be. I have not been
remembering that my life is the way it is because of the help and example of
other people and of course with the guidance and love of my Heavenly
Father.
