Bumpy Road

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11/8/2019

As a person who makes her livelihood in the transportation industry I would be amiss to not find wisdom in Elder Holland's famous talk "However Long and Hard the Road."  Here are some of the key points that he made:

  • excellence comes with significant sacrifice and patience
  • stick with it and hang on
  • out of small things, great things and a great work will come forth
  • the Lord requires a willing heart and mind
  • Winston Churchill said "victory, no matter how long and hard the road may be!"
  • what if it IS the fight of/for your life?
  • How do you get this glimpse of the future to hang on?
  • Joseph Smith had dreamed dreams and seen visions and that's why he, and other early church members, stayed the course and couldn't quit
Our goal is to arrive safely at our destination but in order to get there we will encounter plenty of road hazards, traffic, drivers with road rage issues, construction delays and debris and plenty of detours.  Keeping our eye on our objective, no matter how long or hard the road, is the only way to ensure we reach our intended destination.

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