a change of heart

In my new adventure of being pregnant I have felt feelings and eaten things that I never have before. My first few weeks of morning sickness seemed years long. The first time I threw up I remember thinking, "that wasn't that bad." But by the 5th day of throwing up it was that bad! When I felt the worst it was really easy to hate and despise (sorry about the strong words, but remember emotions are stronger when your pregnant) women that don't get sick or throw up when they are pregnant. I was sad and jealous.
While studying a conference talk from April 2007 by Elder Holland called "the tongue of angels," I learned how powerful a persons words can be. At one point he quotes Elder Orson F. Whitney saying, "The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience." Holland then quotes Ephesians 4:29-32, "And grieve not the holy spirit of God... Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you...And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving of another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." From reading this I realized that being angry at women who don't feel sick during pregnancy didn't make me feel any better. In fact, it made me feel worse (even physically).
I needed to have a change of heart. It took a while, I mean it definitely didn't happen over night. But now the way that I truly feel is that I am happy for women who don't feel sick during pregnancy! For all I know, they probably have other problems to deal with that I don't have to. I think this concept can by applied to all areas of life, when we feel someone has something, and we don't think it's fair that they have that, just remember to be happy with what you have.