The miraculous story of the Salt Lake City temple being built is truly humbling. The entire process required so many hours, so much labor so many resources that were miles and miles away. How could they ever start such an ambitious project with the end goal so out of reach it seemed impossible? Because they knew it was their duty.
Too often have I given up in my life. I was in public school and suffered for years before quitting so I could be homeschooled at home and learn at my own pace. While I was at BYU-Idaho my second semester, I got into enough of a dilemma with my schoolwork that I could either stay, endure, and get very poor grades, or I could go home and recuperate. I went home, recovered for a few months, worked three part-time jobs before coming back to BYU-Idaho, and now I'm back to prove that I can do difficult things.
It is always tempting to think that quitting is the easier option. The sad truth is that quitting is always easier than plowing your way through challenges. But if we don't put effort into overcoming our adversities then we will not progress or be blessed from being able to not only endure our challenges, but conquer them.
I am slowly, but surely, learning how to conquer my challenges instead of evading them. After reading this story of all the sacrifice that went into building this house of the Lord I know that I can overcome any trial. I also know that when I overcome I am building the foundation for my life brick by brick. How? When you learn how to conquer challenges you are improving yourself and becoming a stronger person than you were before the trial was given. As more and more of these figurative bricks of victory are laid, your foundation as a strong and able person will only increase more and more until you have a solid structure of integrity and accomplishment.
As my favorite quite goes, "Nothing worth having comes easy." In this particular case, the trials we are given will only demonstrate to us that we are capable of so much, as long as we stick to our goals and keep our destinations in sight.
Here is the wonderful I am referring to, it is an excellent read:
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/holland-jeffrey-r_however-long-hard-road/
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