A great lesson learned

So last night as I was talking to a good friend of mine and she told me all about the trials she has been going through and how she has learned about the atonement, and how she has no hard feeling against others...it made me cry and reflect on my own life. If I were in her situation where you didn't know for weeks whether your husband would live or die, what you were going to do to pay the bills, how to balance out your job, your kids, and spending time with your husband taking care of him...I wonder what I would have done. As she talked I just cried and told her I don't know how you did it, I don't think I could have done that...I know that I would have just had a meltdown. And then she went on to tell me that when she was at her lowest point she told the Lord that it was enough and she could not do anymore...and that is when things got a little better, but still it was not all good. And yet she sees it as a blessing because at least he is getting better and living.

This woman is a pillar of strength...an example of a Christlike person...a hero to me. When others would blame the doctors and be upset with them, she just tells them it is OK people make mistakes and forgives them. I hope that I can become more like her...that I can be the woman she has become, that I can become more Christlike like her. It makes me realize the little things others do that I get upset with aren't important and aren't such a big deal that I can't forgive and forget about it. Even though I went last night to serve her by bringing dinner to her and her kids...I ended up learning humility, and ended up being served by her...someone who has suffered so much but still gives so much. It is amazing to me the people I am the most scared to be friends with turn out to be some of my greatest friends. And I know when I get older I want to be just like these great women. And maybe this is what I needed to realize that there is no point to get angry over the little things in life, or even the big things in life because as she said last night "We are all human."