If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart.
So it has been with the best people who ever lived.
—Jeffery R. Holland
Recently I was thinking about all the difficult things
people I know and love are facing. Employment woes, medical issues, big life decisions,
small life decisions, financial concerns, teenagers and two-year-olds, and a
whole lot more. It frankly got to be a little overwhelming in the moment—and I
hadn’t even started thinking about my own
concerns yet!
In the midst of this litany of problems, an image crossed my
mind: a sliver-haired, grey-suited, kind-but-no-nonsense southern lawyer named
Ben Matlock. And with that image, a phrase: Ain’t
nothin’ easy. Remember him saying that? In that slow, matter-of-fact way? Funny
thing is, for some reason—maybe because Matlock has always reminded me a lot of
my dad in all the best ways—that image and phrase in my head helped me feel better about it all.
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| Well said, Ben. Well said. |
He’s right, you know. Ain’t nothin’ easy. That’s often just the
way it is. No use fretting about it. What matters, then, is working to move
forward, even when it’s hard. Plus, it is comforting to realize it’s really
much the same for everyone—even brilliant-but-quirky southern lawyers.
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