Dear "jcricket60",

Your message was very touching. You have been blessed with a good understanding of life's purpose, because of your afflictions. I understand your feelings and though I don't completely understand your disability, I understand your feelings and longing to be without a disability. I have loved to run nearly all my life. It is a passion with me. When paralysis took it away with many other previous abilities I began again to learn to walk, run and run more. I love to run, but poor health and age have slowed me down to where I can only run and walk fast about 4 miles now. I long for better health and of course, a younger body. LOL I long for another world wherein I can run even further and harder than I have in this world. I know that a kind loving God will not deprive anyone of blessings that they deserve and are willing to be patient to wait for. And I believe there are other worlds in which to run and laugh and enjoy all of God’s blessings to you.  Blessings, Gar

Thorn in the flesh,

I have a disability and I never let it bother me since I was two years old. I use to be teased a lot by my peers or pushed around because of my disability. My disability is noticable because I wear hearing aids on both ears and that would indicate why some kids would pick on me. there are other disability that are not noticable and they would not talk about it or show it to others. I can not help it if mine sticks out like a sore thumb but however I have other challenges that I will face such as working with people or just plain talking with them. I know that in my patriarchal blessing it says that I was special before I was born and I have struggle with that since then until it hit me that I must have done something that would earn me this. I was told that we were righteous and that we were looked after and that we wanted a body so bad that we did not care whether we will have a disability or not. We understand Heavenly Fathers plan better and that we would do anything to earn that privilege of coming to earth to receive a body. With this in mind it helps me understand why some of us are disabled. I know that with my disability it comes with a blessing I know that my Father in Heaven is still mindful of me and that he will give me all of his blessing if I only follow him. Yes it is hard to have a disability and deal with it I should know because with my share of trouble but yet at the same time the Lord has opened a window for me to deal with this. I can not join the Army or the Air Force and have a nice career ahead of me. I can not become a police officer or a fireman but there are other career that I can consider and do my part in society. I would only think those think who feels sorry for those who has a disability do not the plan of salvation or Heavenly Fathers plan of happiness.