Gotta Make it Lovely

Sometimes validation would be nice, but do the right thing anyway. Sometimes making a hard choice is terrifying, but do the right thing anyway. Sometimes people will judge you, mock you, hate you, try hard to stop you, but do the right thing anyway.  People are counting on you to stand up for what is right. This world needs more men and women who will fight against the evil that is trying so desperately to devour humanity. Be the good you want to see in this world every moment of every blessed day. Someday you may get thanked. Someday you may be forgotten. But the good you do in this world will never be undone. Amidst the opposition, and all the reasons not to, go do the right thing anyway.

[Note: I took the title for this post from Elder Jeffery R. Holland's profound  talk of the same name.] I took a picture of these on my way out to show my mom and it got me thinking.... So many broken things in my life have been mended and healed throughout the process of my divorce. These planters are very sentimental because they represent this beautiful principle in my life. During my most recent move, both of these planters fell out of the car onto the concrete and were broken (the one trunk is still in the process of gluing). Out of everything in that move, these were the only items that were broken, and both were really special to me. My mom who knows I love elephants had gotten them for me and admitted to spending a little more than she normally would have because she knew I'd love them so much. To be honest, I was crushed to see them all broken up. But just as I was able to carefully piece them back together to again make a whole, Jesus Christ can pick up...