Yinyang

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Top: me with friends from the Chinese house. Bottom: me and Courtenay.
I recently did a Chinese presentation including information about Traditional Chinese Medicine. One of the important elements of Chinese medicine, which has its roots in Daoism, is the concept of yinyang, 阴阳。 Yin represents darkness, night, the moon, and femininity. Yang represents light, day, the sun, and masculinity. Traditional Chinese Medicine uses various medical treatments, such as acupuncture, to balance the body's yin and yang and thus improve physical and mental health.
The concept of yinyang reminds me of Lehi's teachings in the Book of Mormon: "For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad" (2 Nephi 2:11).
This past week was rough. I was so stressed with school and life and work. It is sometimes hard for me to reconcile who God wants me to be with who I want to be and who others want me to be. But I kept reading my scriptures and praying, and I went to the temple on Friday.
And then everything turned around. I have had a wonderful weekend. I actually enjoyed doing my homework. I went on a fun date. I observed the BYU music preschool in preparation for my application to the Early Childhood Education program. I went to three Halloween dances and a ward party. I heard the apostle Elder Robert D. Hales speak in our church stake conference. I took a nap. I met my new, six-day old cousin. I spent time with my family.
If I hadn't had such a bad week, I wouldn't have been able to have such a wonderful weekend. Elder Hales told us today: "it's called mortality; deal with it." Before we were born, Elder Hales said, we agreed to a life of testing and trial. We had faith that with the help of Jesus Christ we could not only deal with mortality but, through our trials, learn to be like Christ, who loved others in the midst of intense torture. "And he touched his ear, and healed him" (Luke 22:51). "Father, forgive them" (Luke 23:34). To John, "behold thy mother!" (John 19:26).
The key to happiness is to focus on the light even when you can't see it. If all you can do is hope that light exists, that is enough. Hang on to that hope and don't let go. Because if darkness exists, then light does, too, and light is more powerful than darkness.
There must needs be yin and yang in all things.

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