Did Everyone Hear That?

Remember from high school, when the teacher would repeat something a student said to be sure everyone heard it? Well, I'm not a high school teacher, but same idea here. A good comment on my close shave:

Perhaps the learning tool is making sure you are using the right guide. The Lord has sent us Prophets to guide us through these days, to keep us safe and whole. The world would like to tell us that its guidance is better, but the wrong guidance will get us cut off in the end.

Good one. I like it! Another might be that we need to be patient with ourselves, especially in the healing process. Sometimes we make a mistake, and we wish we could undo it or pretend it never happened, but we just need to address it, do what we can to maintain and make up for it, then give it time to grow back like it used to be.

Most important: do something to repair it, don't just leave it alone. Imagine what I'd have looked like if I hadn't addressed my mistake and evened out the haircut by going short all around. If I had just pretended nothing had happened, I'd still have longer hair all around, except for the bald spots! Sometimes we're tempted to try and escape from a problem. Don't do it! Address and resolve it, don't leave it, and don't use band-aid solutions (like wearing a hat.)

In the words of Mary Ellen W. Smoot:

Do not let yourself get any more bumps or bruises. Yield a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Change direction if need be. Face the problem, and with sincere sorrow and true humility submit to the Lord. He is all-knowing and perfectly loving.   -Seeking Solutions