Hard the Road

I think my biggest takeaway this week is to keep going even though obstacles pop up in your way. Victory in anything is only achieved through blood, sweat and tears. I loved all the history in the study materials this week. I especially loved the story shared about building the Salt Lake City temple. I'm not as familiar with the history of it as I probably should be, and a lot of the details shared were new to me. I can't imagine going through something as difficult as the building of that temple. In a lot of ways my life in this modern day world is incredibly easy. Reading of their trials and setbacks (some of them major!), but continuing on even when they were tired or frustrated or despairing is such a great example to a budding entrepreneur just starting out on her journey. 

I also really loved the Winston Churchhill quotes, some of which I shared below. I think it's important to see how others get through challenges, in the hopes that their experience can help me too. 

A few things I want to remember this week:

"However Long and Hard the Road"

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-and-patricia-t-holland/however-long-hard-road/

-" The only limitations you have are those you set on yourselves. All of the tools and texts are here, right at your hand. But sometimes we cannot recognize the real purpose and significance of the moment which is ours to experience. That’s because too many of us learn only through our heads and not through our hearts!"

-I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all our strength that God can give us. . . .That is our policy. You ask, What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror; victory, however long and hard the road may be. [Churchill: the Life Triumphant, American Heritage, 1965, p. 90]

-you will lean upon your sword to rest a while, then rise to fight again (see Ether 15:24–30).

(I also want to remember Elder Holland's video, but for some reason I'm having trouble copying the link. So the video is called Good Things to Come so I can look it up later.)