Danger Opportunity

              Challenges are something that all of us face; none of us get out of this life without experiencing a great deal of them. The real test is how we perceive and handle them. In the Mandarin  language, their symbol of crisis is "danger opportunity". Some see change as a danger to their way of life while others notice an opportunity to improve their situation.

                I was talking to a friend not too long ago about struggles. Life is like a heartbeat, without those challenges (ups and downs) we flat line. We need these alterations to help us become what the Lord intended us to be. This isn't something new. Lehi was telling his son Jacob that there MUST be opposition in all things. If we don't have resistance, we flat line, we remain in the state we are at. We are damned to not progress.

                Sometimes it's hard to see the good when there appears to be so much bad. But when we try to look for anything beneficial, we gain so much. The Lord loves us and wants us to be happy, "men are that they might have joy". Heavenly Father knows how to make us happy better than we do. We have to keep that in mind in the sight of trial. All things are possible with the Lord. Face the crisis with the sight of opportunity and you will never regret it.