During his last General Conference talk, Elder Carl B. Cook briefly mentioned how his family situation growing up wasn't the greatest, and how he might not have done well because of it. He said, "Some may have considered me a long shot and an underdog because of my family situation. Maybe I was. . . . There are long shots and underdogs all around us. Perhaps we all are in one way or another." He went on to talk about the main point of his talk, how Priesthood Quorums can be "places of belonging" where members of the quorum can get the kind of support that they might not be getting elsewhere, but my mind instead latched on to the idea that we might all be underdogs.
No one is Superman. No one is Wonder Woman. We are all flawed individuals who face everyday challenges and who strive and struggle to overcome them. We don't need to be embarrassed, and we don't need to feel overshadowed by those we perceive as being perfect. Nobody is perfect. We may struggle with different problems to different degrees, but we all struggle, so we don't need to feel ashamed. Instead, we should sympathize with each other and try to help each other, especially since, to one degree or another, everyone could use the help.
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