If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. We do not give up. The same thing should be true of our marriages.
Interpretation
Just as we seek to heal our sick bodies, we should also strive to improve and heal our marriages.
Dallin H. Oaks emphasizes the importance of treating our marriages with the same urgency and dedication that we apply to our physical health. When facing challenges in a relationship, rather than giving up, we must actively work to understand and remedy the issues, fostering growth and healing in our partnerships.
In practice
In a marriage counseling session, this quote could be used to encourage couples to actively work on their relationship.
Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious manner of relating toward one another’s differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning one’s standards or one’s opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination.
I testify of our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose teachings and example we seek to follow. He invites all of us who are heavy laden to come unto Him, to learn of Him, to follow Him, and thus to find rest to our souls.
The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.
We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of this we must remember the command to forgive.
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation.
In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.
Appreciation - Learn to give flowers while people are still living
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
We each have been betrayed. Let yourself picture and remember the many ways this is true. Feel the sorrow you have carried from this past. Now sense that you can release this burden of pain by gradually extending forgiveness as your heart is ready.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person.
I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?
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