I’ve been there. ⁣

It’s rough. ⁣

But I’ve also come to believe that the trials we experience become our own specific superpowers to help us look out for those going through similar struggles. ⁣

They are little lessons for us. ⁣

You wished someone would have showed up on your doorstep with a treat and a hug? ⁣

Then we can be that person to someone else. ⁣

You wish your ministering sister would have at least checked in on you from time to time?⁣

Then we can check in on her often. ⁣

Life is so unbelievably unfair and difficult. ⁣

We can think about that all the time and wallow in self-pity for all the help we didn’t receive. ⁣

Or we can use that as fuel to become “that person” for someone else. ⁣

As the Saints in New York were asked to start making the journey to Ohio, they were advised by the Lord to especially look out for the poor and the needy. ⁣

This trip was going to take a lot of money and sacrifice, and the Lord didn’t want any of His children left behind due to financial hardship. ⁣

And so His counsel?⁣

“Let every man esteem his brother as himself”. (D&C 38:24)⁣

If YOU needed a place for your family to stay after selling your farm and before leaving for Ohio, what kind of help would you want?⁣

Then BE that kind of help for someone else. ⁣

Life is hard enough without spending time and energy on thinking about how unfair we have it. How forgotten we feel. How rough our hand of cards is. ⁣

And so I’d rather treat others the way that I wish that I had been treated. ⁣

To allow my trial to be my specific training for how to serve those around me even better. ⁣

We can be the change that we wish to see.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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