Thanks UintahJack. I don't think I'm brave, really. I kicked my pride to the curb and never looked back. There was a time that I worried about appearances, but worrying and stressing are simply not worthwhile or profitable activities. I don't consider my mistakes failures, only learning experiences. I'm still moving forward so I'm a success story in progress. We all are and should view our lives this way. I only hope that people who read this take my advice and learn from my learning experiences instead of repeating them.
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"No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done" (History of the Church, 4:540).
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