We may never become accustomed to untrue and unjust criticism of us but we ought not to be immobilized by it.

The overwhelming joy of conversion or a new calling is often followed by feelings of being overwhelmed with duties and doctrines. The first joyous feelings are real and give one much-needed initial momentum. But the genuine exhilaration is soon followed by the need to perspire and to pedal.

When, as President Joseph F. Smith said, we "catch a spark from the awakened memories of the immortal soul, "let us be quietly grateful. When of great truths we can say "I know," that powerful spiritual witness may also carry with it the sense of our having known before. With rediscovery, we are really saying "I know - again!"

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

Of all the errors one could make, God's gospel plan is the wrong thing to be wrong about.