The Biggest Thing I've Overcome...

So this month in the twitter world I decided to join #projectpositive. Each day there is a prompt and you finish off the sentence, followed by the hashtag. I feel like going into depth a little bit more on a specific prompt. There aren’t enough characters allowed in a tweet!

The prompt for September 15 is as follows:

The biggest thing I’ve overcome is… #projectpositive (If you don’t know, the hashtag is a way to join everyone involved so we can see what other people are saying and connect and so forth)

I don’t think I can really pinpoint the biggest thing I’ve overcame because at the time, each individual trail is hard. But they are supposed to be. Each trial that we go through is essential to our growth; physical, spiritual and mental. If we didn’t have to over come anything, how would we be able to become better? How will we progress?

Some of the things each of us goes through might not make sense at the time and I’m sure we often wonder, “Why is this happening to me?” And there are probably times when things just seem to never go our way. One thing to remember is that you don’t have to be able to see the entire staircase! Just the first step. And sooner than you think, you will have made it to the top!

I think sometimes we go through certain trails simply for being able to have empathy for others going through a similar trial and be able to help others through their struggles. This also allows us to love, support and comfort. One of the worst feelings ever is feeling alone and feeling like you are the only person going through a specific trial. Being able to see that the people around you have overcome something similar is such a strength and a blessing. It’s a confirmation that you can also get through it and things will get better.

If you ever feel alone, remember Christ knows exactly how you feel. He is the one person that can have full empathy on how you are feeling because he has felt every pain, sorrow, heartache. Don’t forgot that he has also felt all the joys and happy moments! So don’t cut Him out of the good times.

We also need to remember that each and every one of us is different. This means we all have different trials, struggles and different reactions to things. We all make different mistakes. We need to be mindful to those around us and simply love and support instead of judge and condemn. In times of struggle is when we need love and kindness the most.

Trials and struggles are an essential part of God’s plan. There is a talk by Elder David A. Bednar that has such a great explanation on this. I love it and couldn’t agree more.

I love this quote from his talk:

“Each of us also carries a load. Our individual load is comprised of demands and opportunities, obligations and privileges, afflictions and blessings, and options and constraints. Two guiding questions can be helpful as we periodically and prayerfully assess our load: “Is the load I am carrying producing the spiritual traction that will enable me to press forward with faith in Christ on the strait and narrow path and avoid getting stuck? Is the load i am carrying creating sufficient spiritual traction so I ultimately can return home to Heavenly Father?

Sometimes we mistakenly may believe that happiness is the absence of a load. But bearing a load is a necessary and essential part of the plan of happiness. Because our individual load needs to generate spiritual traction, we should be careful not to haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things that truly matter most.”

Also, remember what the Savior has said: