The best antidote for worry is work

President Gordon B. Hinckley said the following about the value of work:

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work. A little play and a little loafing are good. But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity. It is work that provides the food we eat, the clothing we wear, the homes in which we live. We cannot deny the need for work with skilled hands and educated minds if we are to grow and prosper individually and if our nation is to stand tall before the world.

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best medicine for despair is service. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired.

Source: Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel

Specific prayer leads to specific answers

The more specific we are with our communication with the Lord, the more specific his answers are in return.
- Dr. Craig Manning

I have noticed this in my own life. The times I have received the most direct answers to my prayers (questions, miracles, etc) is when my prayers have been the most direct and sincere.

Source: Follow Him Podcast

Love vs Lust

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave a great description of the some of the differences between love and lust in a conference talk he gave.

Why is lust such a deadly sin? Well, in addition to the completely spirit-destroying impact it has upon our souls, I think it is a sin because it defiles the highest and holiest relationship God has given us in mortality, the love that a man and a woman have for each other and the desire that couple has to bring children into a family intended to be forever. Someone once said that true love must include the idea of permanence. True love endures, but lust changes as quickly as it can turn a pornographic page or glance at yet another potential object for gratification walking by, male or female.

True love we are absolutely giddy about as I am about Sister Holland. We shout it from the housetops, but lust is characterized by shame, stealth and is almost pathologically clandestine.

Source: Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul

A true test of character

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
- Basketball coach John Wooden

Source: Follow Him Podcast

Deeds done in the dark tend to be dark deeds

One of the first signs that you may be doing something you shouldn't be doing is if you try to keep it a secret. ... keeping something secret is hiding because you're ashamed of what you're doing, you don't want people to know and you seek to cover up what you're doing or to hide. ... The first thing that Satan does when we've sinned is to tell us to hide. "Hide. Cover it up." He knows that if we hide that we are not seeking the Lord and we're not seeking light.

It's a good rule to live by. And with adults, it's the same thing. The scriptures say, "Anytime that you endeavor to hide your sin..." There's Adam and Eve in the garden. One of the first things, the first impulse is quick, run, hide. Instead of seek the Lord. Go to the Lord for refuge. The Lord can cleanse you and heal you. Satan knows that that is the pathway to freedom and joy, so he doesn't want us to do that. He wants us to stay in chains and bondage of sin. The only way to do that is to hide and to stay away from the source of light and truth.

Source: Follow Him Podcast

Love is never wasted

Though it may not be reciprocated, such love is never wasted.
- Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Showing love to others by serving them or by reaching out to them is never a bad thing. It does not matter if an invitation is ignored or even if your love is responded to with disdain. We should continue to show love to as many others as we can.

Source: A Brother Offended

Be content with what you have

The less you want, the richer you are. No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.
- Seneca

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
- Seneca

Wealth is the accumulation of all the things you didn't buy but could have.
- The White Coat Investor

It brings more happiness to learn to be content with what we have instead of buying more things. Also, when we do not buy the things we want in the short-term, we are able to afford more in the long-term.

Source: My 27 year old car will make me a multimillionaire
Will more money make me happier
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