CRISIS
Every person experiences crisis in their lives.
Have you ever seen people post of facebook about their trials? They range from bad waiters to cancerous tumors. But different people handle dilemmas differently. And this may come as a shock to you, but there are better ways of dealing with crisis.
My favorite quote is "Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." -John Wooden
So much of how much a situation affects us is based on how we perceive the situation. The better attitude we have, the better the outcome will be.
For example, there are many people who are uncertain about an afterlife. When a family member dies they imagine it is the end, and the death has a hugely negative impact on them. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have faith that everyone lives after mortality, and we can be together as families for eternity. This perspective helps us to handle the crisis of death in a much less mournful pattern. We have hope instead of despair. We have faith instead of fear.
How would it affect our lives if we handled every challenge with the optimism that the atonement gives us-with the belief that everything will be okay? I'm willing to try it out.
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