Building Character and Increasing Compassion

A friend who is on my group On Wings of Faith posted a thought:

Building Character and Increasing Compassion

"Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others."

Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Come What May, and Love It", Ensign, Nov. 2008, 27

My response? I think I need to read this over and over again every day - when reading it, it uplifts me - at the same time, I choose to laugh instead of cry because I feel like crying sometimes with all that is going on. Although, if I laugh too much, people may think I need to be sent to the lunatic farm.