Oh, hello. And welcome to my blog. I know it's not much, but it's coming along. My name is Caitlin, and here is where I will record my thoughts and perspective on life for any unsuspecting person to stumble upon and read. I can't guarantee anything written here will actually be good, but I will try. Prepare yourself for the first post, which is an assignment for my Writing 150 class. Oh yeah.
(Also I hate using capital letters for anything so it's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. Anywho.)
Child of God by President Henry B. Eyring
I felt really refreshed after reading Henry B. Eyring's talk entitled "Child of God." I felt he touched upon several points that I really needed to hear at this point in my life. I suppose I'll just dive right into the points in particular that stood out to me. The first point was when he talked about how a great learner "expects resistance and overcomes it." When I read this talk last week, I was going through some pretty rough personal problems, and this sentence just hit me so hard. I realized that I needed to stop feeling like I was being picked on because I had to deal with hard things. Everyone has to deal with hard things. It may not seem like it, because we can only see the outside of people's lives, but everyone is going through a trial of some kind right now. Every single person you've met and know. I'm sure, to other people, it appears as if my life is close to perfect, because I don't show any of my hurt or pain on the outside. But we all have trials. And it was especially important for me to realize that we're supposed to have trials. We're supposed to have trials and we're supposed to learn how to work through them. It's all part of life. It's the point of life, really.
Another point he made that I loved is that we're all children of God. It seems like an obvious statement, but how often do we think about it and put it into practice? If we truly believed that everyone is a child of God, we'd treat them likewise. We wouldn't judge or say mean things about anyone. We'd treat everyone with respect and treat them like their mothers would, or like God would. We'd look for the best in people and try to find ways that we could connect with them. I just find it very inspiring that President Eyring chose to mention this topic. It seems so basic, yet it is the core of many of our beliefs. Loving one another as Jesus loves you: it's a commandment and it's important.
