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Peace is Love
"We all long for peace. Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict, and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are and knows that we have faith in Him, love Him, and keep His commandments, even and especially amid life’s devastating trials and tragedies."
—Quentin L. Cook, "Personal Peace: The Reward of Righteousness"
I have a big problem with loving people.
Not that I don't love them.
...It's hard to explain.
Okay. I love people in the way that I love animals and sunsets and brownies. When I think generally about people, my heart goes out to them. I think they are grand.
But when you get down beneath their skin, down to their scars and imperfections, when they really let you in to see who they are on the inside, it's hard. They're no longer an object to love, like a stuffed animal. They're a person, too, a thinking thing that gets hungry and angry and frustrated and misunderstands what you're trying to say. They are capable of hurting you. They can tell you lies. They can keep secrets.
