(May 12, 2014)
I think each of us has, at some time or another, felt like Nephi to cry out that we wished our day was in some other day, where the people had it easier. But reading 1 Nephi, we see that Nephi didn’t exactly experience a walk in the park (what with all the attempted murders and tying to the mast and so forth). Nephi, casting his mind back, sees only the good parts of a history he didn’t experience (although the same thing is true with history we do experience – nostalgia is powerful but deceitful).
We are wise to remember that – just because we think that others in other times (the future or the past) have it better, that doesn’t make it true. And a corollary of this is also true – just because others around us seem to have it better than we do, also doesn’t make it true. I think that we are given just about a consistent amount of suffering throughout mortality – just more than we can bear, to help prod us to walk hand in Hand with the Savior. Whomever we see, when they appear happy, may or may not be happy. He only is happy that has cast his overwhelming burdens on the Lord.
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