I have thought a lot about this talk lately that President Uchtdorf gave back in April to the young women around the world. It has brought me much comfort.
He compares our lives to a fairy tale and how our lives can be a fairy tale starting with Once Upon A Time and ending with Happily Ever After... if we choose.
President Uchtdorf states:
In stories, as in life, adversity teaches us things we cannot learn otherwise. Adversity helps to develop a depth of character that comes in no other way. Our loving Heavenly Father has set us in a world filled with challenges and trials so that we, through opposition, can learn wisdom, become stronger, and experience joy.
Young sisters, you need to know that you will experience your own adversity. None is exempt. You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.
I keep reminding myself, and my kids, that it is up to us to decide how our story will end. The way we handle our challenges, is what molds our character.
Life is full of challenges and we will all experience our own sadness and tragedy, no one is exempt from it! When I have those especially dark days, my comfort comes from the knowledge that we are all sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father and he will never leave us alone. But.... we need to stay true to what we know is right and do "our part" to receive the blessings that are waiting for us. That is the key and the key to true happiness!
A few weeks back, the girls were playing around and did a little photo shoot for me. There really was no reason for the crown except that the girls and I have an on going joke about who wears the crown in our castle... Who is the queen and who is the princess... We usually disagree about who plays the different roles. Taylor has claimed in the past that she thinks she plays the role of Cinderella, the Cinderella that was the slave, that is! I have to chuckle when these things come out of her mouth. If she only knew...
As I have thought about this talk and about life in general, my hope is, that each one of my kids will view themselves as the the prince or the princess / king or queen, in their own little fairy tale and that it ends with Happily Ever After!
To view this talk:
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5 comments:
I would have to say Soph wins it in your house.. lol!!! Cute post!
Such a beautiful post, Tracey! Thank you.
I LOVED that talk!... I think when you use words like Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After -us girls listen up real quick and all the sudden we "get it"-who we are & our potential to really live happily ever after! The crowns go perfectly. :)
Tracey: I loved this post, and I loved that talk.
The girls are beautiful
those pictures turned out adorable. love them!
M
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