“Part of enduring well consists of being meek enough, amid
our suffering, to learn from our relevant experiences. Rather than simply
passing through these things, they must pass through us and do so in ways which
sanctify these experiences for our good. Thereby, our empathy, too, is enriched
and everlasting. Thus, life is carefully designed to produce for us, if we are
willing, a harvest of relevant and portable experience. But there is such a
short growing season! The fields must be worked intensively amid droughts, late
springs, and early frosts. For the disobedient and despairing who refuse to
plant, plow, or harvest, theirs is not simply a 'winter of discontent' but a
despair for all seasons. The indifferent and lackluster who work only on the
surface of life will harvest little. Only for the perspiring and anxiously
engaged faithful will the harvest be manifold.” - Elder Neal A. Maxwell
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