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This reads as a reminder that happiness and hardship can exist side by side. It points to the idea that a bad stretch does not cancel out all sources of joy, and that small moments of light can still be real. It lands for someone going through a rough season who needs permission to notice good things without pretending everything is fine.
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About Russell M. Nelson
American religious leader and surgeon
Russell Marion Nelson Sr. was an American religious leader and surgeon. He served as the seventeenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before that, Nelson spent nearly thirty-four years in the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, leading that quorum from 2015 to 2018. As church president, he was regarded by the church as the prophet, seer, and revelator.
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