after reading the news and being slightly discouraged, I feel a little like giving up.
there are children starving. mad men murdering. and a whole lot of bombs going off in the Middle East.
let's just let it all tank.
"FIRST, though," i thought, "i need to go to costco and get my year's supply."
"but then we can let it melt."
however, a little song on the radio reminded me of something important....
Don't get me wrong, the song was depressing, Broken Strings, by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado.
Oh it tears me up
I tried to hold but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it's not enough
to make it all okay
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
it's the line-I tried to forgive but it's not enough- that really caught my attention and snapped me back into reality.
because it's wrong. so completely and utterly wrong. and all the economy is dead, there is no such thing as goodness, peace is hopeless, and your life will never matter naysayers want you and me to believe that.
I refuse to believe it.
every one of us has been promised endless treasure, gifts, blessings, and more happiness than we know how to receive by one simple act.
the atonement.
when the world seems to spin out of control, we can be grounded. when the world seems full of hate, we can see the love. when the world seems full of trials, we can feel the blessings. and when loved ones hurt us, we can forgive and love again. because with God, all things are possible.
So buck up my friends! put our shoulders to the wheel!
and remember the incredible love and support we have in a Father in a Heaven, and the sacrifice that has already been made to assure our eternal happiness and joy,
on this earth and beyond.
