I had the opportunity to re-read 1 Nephi 17 this past week.  What a great chapter!  We have a dichotomy of two very different philosophies of life.  Nephi, the younger brother, acknowledges God’s hand in everything and is thankful and even rejoices in the hardships his family experienced.  His older brother, Laman, who experienced the same hardships, plays the blame game.   He summarizes their hardships with this statement, “We might have been happy.”  If only this and if only that.  We can’t always choose what life will throw at us, but we can choose our response.

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