I recently had a minor cold that left my nose completely plugged.

It was so annoying!

From eating to speaking to sleeping…

I found that so many of my daily habits were affected by my inability to breathe through my nose.

When my sinuses finally cleared, I was so excited.

I could finally breathe through my nose again!

It was all I could think about.

And I quite literally prayed many prayers of gratitude for my nose.

I’m not going to lie; it usually is not fun to think about this truth:

“For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.” (2 Nephi 2:11)

But it is true.

If I had never had a stuffy nose, I would have never felt gratitude for a clear one.

The negative opposition isn’t fun to experience.

This goes from things as trivial as stuffy noses or headaches…

To much more serious issues like family arguments, physical trials, or emotional issues.

These hard times can be really tough to dwell on.

But if we keep the proper perspective, we can use these hard times to teach us gratitude.

We can use opposition as fuel to keep constant gratitude in our hearts.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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  1. I had a stuffy nose for over 8 weeks I went to the doctors and called and they would say just an allergy or seasonal since it was spring time and summer, then they said it was the dust in the air, well it was none of those but a rare form of cancer, had two surgeries and was able to breath again, now the waiting game of will it come back? When you cant breath and then you can it is a miracle to come out on the other side of things and say thank you God for all you have given to me. I am still scared of the cancer it is a bully as my teacher told me, you have to keep going as much as you can to see the light at the end of the tunnel, thank you for your story, and press on as President Holland said, ” Keep trying, keep trusting, keep believing, keep growing, Heaven will be cheering you on today, tomorrow and forever”.

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