This was from a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• Mosiah 18:9 (?) bear on another’s burdens.
• It is ok to morn.
• Life is filled with challenges, heaven father knows this. God wants us to watch over each other and our journey in life.
• morn with those means morn with not to cheer. We mourn with, we walk with, we cry with, we sit with.
• We need to be available.
• We need to genuinely connect
• Christ’s experience of death of Lazereth, Jesus wept”.
• We all have a turn morning with others and needed to be mourned with.
• Everyone morns differently.
• When her husband died, a friend comforted her by telling of an experience of her husband.
• President Nelson here are many ways to morn besides death, divorce, mental illness, clinical depression, disability, extended care taking, addictions, suicide, inability to have children, children leave the church, or not being married when he wanted to be.
• There is a longing to belong.
• When change takes place, such as an Olympic player losing their physical ability, people struggle with who they are after.
• Joseph Smith said, “Provide for the widows, comfort the afflicted of any church.
• Each of us are broken in our own way and need to help each other in our convenient path.
• Remember image of Christ’s with outstretched arms.
• We can be a source of light during a time of sorrow. Satan wants us remove our light. We can provide the light.
• Hope is not a feeling; it is not a magic wand that makes the problem disappear. Hope is the life light that helps you persevere.
• Remember we don’t have all the answers. We can keep trying.
• Brother Holland, empathy sounds inadequate but it is a good place to start and we can help walk the journey.
• First Peter 3:8 the disciples of Christ need to have compassion with each other.
• Sister Abato: “I wager that the Lord permitted Mary of managleen to morn and then Jesus called her by name.”
• Brother Holland: it is important to refortify and build yourself. No one is so strong that they never felt fatigue. We need to care for ourselves.
• You need to have something in the tank before you can give to others.
• During morning rest when you can and get the necessary nutrition.
• It is a benefit for us to reach out to others and is not a burden.