From a sacrament meeting address by a recently returned full-time missionary:
- It was tough, because i was stuck with a companion who was ill.
I understand the thought, actually, but the reaction strikes me as showing a lack of imagination. When i was a full-time missionary and my companion was essentially bedridden for just shy of a month, i took it as an opportunity to really intensely study the scriptures during the time i would otherwise have been out preaching—and i learned more about the scriptures during that not-quite-a-month than i’ve learned probably any other entire year of my life.
“When life hands you lemons, make lemonade” is a silly (maybe even stupid) little saying, but the thought behind it is valid, after all.
2 comments:
A very similar thing happened to me.
I never would have finished Jesus the Christ if it wasn't for Elder Rice (Thank you!).
I have found that having a good or bad life is very much your reaction to events, not the events that happen to you.
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