Know that the wicked choice of others cannot completely destroy your agency unless you permit it. Their acts may cause pain, anguish, even physical harm, but they cannot destroy your eternal possibilities in this brief but crucial life on Earth. It is important to understand that we are free to determine to overcome the harmful results of abuse. Our attitudes can control the change for good in life. It allows one to have the help the Lord intends one to receive. No one can take away one’s ultimate opportunities when one understands and lives eternal law. The laws of our Heavenly Father and the atonement of the Lord have made it possible that we will not be robed of the opportunities which come to the children of God. However, sometimes, nothing seems able to rescue us from our downward emotional spiral. Through trial and error, we learn that the only way to survive the tragedy is to allow ourselves to experience the true extent of our rage and stress. Avoiding the pain is not part of the solution. Sometimes people feel threatened by one who is in a position of power or control over them. Some may feel trapped and see no escape. However, coming to terms with these feelings will help an individual grow. It forces us to examine our own existence. Taking stock makes one realize that life, especially one’s professional life, may be stale. #RandolphHarris 1 of 9

Heavenly Father does not want us to be held captive by unrighteous influences, by threats of reprisal, or by fear of repercussion from an abuser. Trust that the Lord will lead you to a solution. Ask in faith, nothing doubting. Search for reliable ways of overcoming adversity and finding value in crisis. One approach many be studying people who have been successful in making sense of their suffering and who put what they learned to good use. It is also important to persist in the reflection process because unless we find the courage to confront our pain, it will haunt us forever. It may take time for the process to begin to work. Several weeks of silent soul-searching and reconstructing the losses we face in life will unburden us and renew our energy, allowing for a sense of optimism. The worst day of the pain many face will be over the day we give up looking at the past and start focusing on the future. You cannot think about how long the situation has been going on and where you could have been by now otherwise. The goal is to say this is my life, what can I do about it, how can I righteously get to where I want to be? Look forward to the future with a different sense of self—stronger, more self-confident, and know that God is on your side and working things out at this very moment. In the eternal plan, in the Lord’s timetable, those injuries can be made right as we do our part. Strive to comprehend the commandments of God and follow them. #RandolphHarris 2 of 9

Thanks to our level of maturity, we are better equipped to detect and take advantage of the opportunities we are provided with than we were in our younger days. Whether one has faced a traumatic loss, feel the vague emptiness of life unfulfilled, or are simply not sure what to do with the rest of one’s life, the first step in mapping a safe journey through life is to follow one’s instincts and listen to one’s conscious that is prodding one towards change. So many people ignore the indicators that it is time to make a change. Because they are so unaware of what to do, in response to the pressures in life, most people fall into despair, and hope the storm will pass. In the long run, denial can be more painful than facing reality. However, we already have many of the resources we need to begin to make beneficial changes in our lives. The idea for growth can often erase sadness, and before long, it will help us find joy. In justice, and to compensate, the Lord has provided a way for us to overcome the destructive results of others’ acts against our will. Know that the wicked choice of others cannot completely destroy one’s agency unless one permits it. Their acts may cause pain, anguish, even physical harm, but they cannot destroy one’s eternal possibilities in this crucial life on Earth. #RandolphHarris 3 of 9

Our attitude can control the change for good in life. An individual can do nothing for oneself unless God directs one in the right way. We can regain self-confidence and self-esteem to begin the process of renewal. With renewal practice, our mind, heart, and spirit mimic the wisdom of the body, exchanging aspects of ourselves that are no longer useful for newer, more helpful ones. Self-renewal is as endlessly possible in our personality, capacity for creativity, and our relationships as it is in cell life. The successful of self-renewal depends almost entirely upon our willingness to intentionally penetrate our lives. Our brains are trying to make sense of things as many of us start to question life and why things are the way they are. It may be a good idea to abandon preconceptions, find unused talents, gifts, and desires, and absorb what happens. Through trial and error, we learn new ways of thinking, feeling, and acting.  The on-setting comfort in large measure can come through increased communion with the spirit of God. This can bring spiritual healing by providing insight into who we are, who we are not, and who we can become. Illumination cannot be programmed; it happens spontaneously as a stage of enlightenment, of exciting breakthroughs in self-understanding, and of gaining a deeper sense of self-worth. We believe in the gift of healing. This gift extends to the healing of both the body and the spirit. #RandolphHarris 4 of 9

The spirit of God speaks peace to the soul. This spiritual solace comes by invoking spiritual gifts, which are claimed and manifested in many ways. They are rich, and full, and abundant in our lives today. They flow from the proper and humble use of a testimony. The Lord has provided many avenues by which we may receive this healing influence. Ongoing periods of transforming our insights into vision, committed actions, and optimistic self-identity help to heal the broken heart, and bind up their wounds. Many people are no longer content to be simple observers in life, and are putting themselves to the World as individuals dedicated to the establishment of their own fleeting narratives and recorded legacies. By regularly pursing activities that function primarily as channels to proclaim harmony, maxing ongoing strategies with their everyday responsibilities, and deliberately seeking a place for themselves in global mass culture, people are intentionally signaling their specialness. The spirit of the Lord comes and permeates their homes, and all who dwell therein. The spirit of reverence will increase, mutual respect and consideration for each other will grow and the spirit of contention will depart. Righteousness will increase. Faith, hope, and charity—the pure love of God—will abound in our homes and lives bringing in their wake peace, joy, and happiness. #RandolphHarris 5 of 9

The Word of Wisdom promises that those who remember to keep this counsel and walk in obedience to the commandments shall receive health in their nave and marrow to their bones. Marrow has long been a symbol of vibrant, healthful living. The promises for those who keep the Word of Wisdom shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; and shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. People need to find a true community, shared values, and a place to express benevolent aspects of their personality. However, for a great many people, it is no longer enough to be simply goof at what you do. One also has to be a public figure, noticed, and celebrated, and preferably televised. And 74 percent of college seniors expect to one day become millionaires. We cannot all be millionaire executives or have the good luck to get notoriety for talents, or turn our hobby into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. Nonetheless, it seems many people are not looking for a connection, but they want to get a response from life, to be noticed for being someone special—anybody special. Still, no one needs an unhealthy lifestyle; it is important to understand who we are, and the proper image of oneself to reflect back through the mind’s eye. #RandolphHarris 6 of 9

If we are to be spared, we do indeed need to be fortified against the many destroying agents at work in the World today. In many cases, there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success. What is the question we always ask about the successful? We want to know what they are like—what kind of personalities they have, or how intelligent they are, or what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might be born with. And we assume that it is those personal qualities that explain how that individual reached the top. People do not rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and patronage. The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. However, they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the World in ways others cannot. The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine. It is not enough to ask what successful people are like, in other words. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who does not. Spiritual healing also comes from bearing and hearing of humble testimonies. #RandolphHarris 7 of 9

A witness given in a spirit of contrition, thankfulness for divine providence, and submission to divine providence, and submission to divine guidance is a powerful remedy to relieve the anguish and concern of our hearts. Biologist often talk about the ecology of an organism: the tallest oak in for forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acorn; it is the tallest also because no other trees blocked it Sunlight, the soil around it was deep and rich, no rabbit chewed through its barks as a sapling, and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured. We all know that successful people come from hardy seeds. However, do we know enough about the Sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid? Every person’s search is for something that will make one whole and happy, something that will cause one to feel safe and secure, and, we believe, something that will make one certain that one is going to live forever somewhere. We cannot believe that the divine intelligence which created everything, including ourselves, could possibly have done so without at the same time providing a way for us to live as happy and whole human divine beings. We are spiritual beings living in a spiritual Universe, right now.  #RandolphHarris 8 of 9

God is the supreme spirit and intelligence in the Universe, and the power that governs everything, so he is not some distant presence; it is something that is immediate, a presence that is here with us now. This presence is not only with us but within us; we live in it and it moves through us. There are certain things we have to surrender before we can find our true center, the real spirit or the perfect being which has always been there. Of all that we might do to find solace, prayer is perhaps the most comforting. They very act of praying to God is satisfying to the soul, even though God, in his wisdom, may not give what we ask for. Sometimes God says no. The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is to go to God in prayer. Prayer is most helpful in the healing process. Dear Lord in Heaven, seek me out, and being me home to thy fold again. Deal favourably with me according to thy good pleasure, till I may dwell in thy house all the days of my life, and praise thee for ever and ever with them that are there. Alone with none but thee, my God, I journey on my way. What need I fear, when thou art near king of day and night? More safe am I within thy hand than if a host did round me stand. The healing of a wound is an art not acquired by practice alone, but by the loving tenderness that comes from Universal good will and a sympathetic interest in the welfare and happiness of others. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. #RandolphHarris 9 of 9