Similarities and Differences

Have any of you read this months issue of the Ensign?

One of my favorites was Similarities and Differences. 

By Heather McOmber

This one really hit home. 

I have a hard time relating to the women in my ward.

Though I am married

I am the youngest wife in our family ward. 

I work full time and I am not a mother.

I don't go to the Reflief Society activities 

Who would I talk to?

What would we talk about?

She says, 

"We need not act based on fear of rejection 

or the assumption that we have nothing to offer each other.

Seeing how alike we truly are

has helped me feel confident

to stand as an equal with my sisters in the gospel

.....

Satan and his work thrive by enhancing our differences

teaching us that we cannot relate to one another. 

But the similarities among Heavenly Father’s sons and daughters

are so great that if we choose to focus on them instead of on our differences, 

unity is bound to increase."

The night I read this, I decided to try harder 

to focus on the similarities between

myself and my Relief Society sisters. 

I'm not sure how I'll do it, but I will. 

Maybe I'll start by

going to all the activities.

Have any of you ever felt like this? 

Did you ever get over it?

How?