Harsh lessons to learn

I've decided that there are many of life's truths which are pretty harsh. 

Yet, whether I ignore these facts or not, will not change that they exist.

Occasionally, I will learn a lesson that is VERY difficult for me to accept. (the not wanted to accept it makes it even more difficult to learn.) But, farther down the road, after accepting it, I realize that it was not so harsh after all. It was a blessing and a tender mercy. Then I tell myself, "Why do I always let Satan make me think that truths are sad, when really they are wonderful?"

Anyway, I thought I'd share a some of those things that I have realized.  (some of them are obvious and you hear them all the time... but like I said, I'm a slow learner sometimes!)

• Generally, God will not answer your prayer by taking you out of your own personal dark abyss. He will make you stronger so that you can endure it well.
• We get two Dad's- Heavenly Father and our Earthly Father. It is a BONUS if the later is a great dad. Otherwise, oh well. The former is the best Dad anyone could ever have anyway.
• Sometimes...
  -People you hope and pray will be who you think they are WILL disappoint you.
  -Promises others make to you WILL be broken
  -"friends"  will do things that hurt you, "family" will too!
  "All these things shall give thee experience and be for thy good" Doctrine and Covenants 122:7
  These disappointing experiences have made things so much sweeter when someone has not disappointed me, kept a promise they made, or are a TRUE friend.
• Being silent while something wrong is happening does NOT make that thing right. But, it does make you weak and definitely doesn't do any favors for those you are scared of offending. 
• NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKE YOU. It is okay. Trying to please everyone will not get you very far. Someone will always hate you. Its better to be hated for doing good than loved for doing evil. Christ was perfect and yet hated by many. Join His club, be on His team, He will never leave you. 
• Being positive, kind, and honest will rarely ever be popular. Miserable people will hate you for trying to have any of those qualities. They will belittle you, gossip about you, and envy you. Misery loves company. You can join them or be loyal to the royal within. The choice will always be yours. 
• Heavenly Father will let the righteous lose some battles, but they will win the war. It is essential that some battles are lost. That is where the valiant are set apart and we are forced to choose what is right and not what is easy.
• Not going to Heavenly Father about your personal concerns and worries because of fear your questions and prayers won't be answered is summed up in this quote: "We miss 100% of the shots we never take." This scripture says this quote very well also -  Therefore, ask and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; for he tht asketh receiveth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 3 Nephi 27:29 

I know I still have so much to learn, and I'm sure a few of you reading this know what I mean now about being a slow learner. ;) I'm just grateful for my Heavenly Father, My Savior, and my husband. I feel so bad for people who do not know God and have a personal relationship with Him. He is the most loving, forgiving, happy, and funny person that anyone could ever know. He does more things with my life than I ever could on my own.