Another Maxwell Quote

I guess one of my all-time favorite apostles is Neal A. Maxwell.  The only thing I can ever remember him saying that I didn't like is,  "O'Driscoll?  I ate rhubarb out of your parents garden last week."  I was in Hong Kong and missing a few of the comforts at home plus I was excited to be meeting an apostle and wasn't thrilled that he already know my brother in such a familiar way.  Ah, sibling rivalry.

Anyway, I digress.  Here's the quote that I love:

One's life. . .cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free. . ."Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, five me experince, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken.  Keep from me, Lord, all thaose experiences which made Thee what Thou art!  Then let me come an ddwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'  "Real faith. . .is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process."

"Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds,"  Ensign, May 1991, 88,90.

I hate to say it, but, yeah, that's kinda what I want--no hard stuff, but all the blessings.  Oh well, it's a good thing you don't get everything you want.