Crawling

I work with a gentleman with Parkinsons named Ed. The experience has been very rewarding and strengthened my testimony in countless ways. Often, when Ed freezes up, he will drop to his hands and knees and crawl to his given destination. I have great admoration for this act because, to me, it represent's not only Ed's humility but also his determination. In it I find a allegory for enduring well. Often in life we are crippled up by acts of our own making or by the adversities the world brings; that is just a part of life. It is what we do when we are in that state that matters. Sometimes all we can manage is a crawl but it is the crawl that will make a world of difference. We must meet our adversities with a fighting spirit as it is the struggle that we put forth to not allow something to overtake us or defeat us that will make us stronger, bless or own lives and serve as a foundation of applied faith to strengthen not only ourselves but all the lives we touch. Witnesses and examples of the validity and reality of the truthfulness of the gospel and the Savior's atonement are all around us if we but look and listen for them.