If you want to be happy in school or on a mission or at a job or in a marriage--work at it. Learn to work. Serve diligently. Don't be idle and mischievous. A homespun definition of Christlike character might be the integrity to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. Don't be idle. Don't be wasteful. "Seek learning, even by study and also by faith" (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118). Be industrious and labor, including laboring for and serving others--one of the truly great keys to true happiness. [Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; From a devotional address, "Living after the Manner of Happiness," delivered at Brigham Young University-Idaho on September 23, 2014.]
I'm thankful to have learned the value of work!
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