Gary Nelson: We Chose This Life

An address given by Elder Gary Nelson, Service Missionary at Ensign College, delivered June 27, 2023, at Ensign College.

[@cariroundy7814]

Thank you for this talk! I'm going through the most painful struggle of my life and your talk ministered to me and this incomprehensible pain.

[@evajackson9470]

Thank you for so great testimony and teaching 😮😊

[@The_Man_Chidi]

This school has changed my life, just online, just online, you can't imagine.

[@whitneylin4297]

A beautiful, heartfelt talk filled with pure truth! 💛

[@vickiheath6133]

Thank you for this outstanding talk.

[@justkeepswimming6549]

Thank you so much for a terrific talk.

[@pagevpetty]

When I think of taking the Lord's yoke upon my shoulders, I see a double yoke and He is pulling most of the weight for me, that is why it is easy. 28 ¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

Wonderful, heartfelt speech and worthy. Note: that girl in the background though, on her phone!

[@pegbray1688]

Remarkable story

[@Rqu000]

Maybe taking notes.

[@cameronvantassell9483]

​@@Rqu000 One can hope lol

[@garycrosby8562]

Hi Gary. Wonderful gospel talk highlighting your and my grandfather. Question: which aunt mentioned to you that “grandpa went a little crazy” after the death of grandma?

[@garynelson8098]

Your mom, my aunt Glenna.

[@edottinger8180]

Well done.Question: were you a Missionary in Santa Barbara,California ?

[@garynelson8098]

No. I served in Chile Santiago.

[@WookyWarrior]

Probably not appropriate, I dont care. We need to stop this habit of smacking lips when giving heartfelt messages. Its a stumbling block...stop dropping it everywhere.

[@garynelson8098]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been advised many times over the past fifty years of public speaking to correct the "tsk" sound when speaking, but it is embedded deep within me. I was incredibly nervous, and it did not even occur to me to change my delivery style. I will try to have the message better fixed in my mind the next time - if there is a next time. I don't speak very often to audiences as large as an Ensign College devotional; this is my first time ever using a teleprompter. I doubt there will be an occasion to use one in the future.

[@WookyWarrior]

@garynelson8098 🙃 Nothing personal, we are all human. I just think if I get called out as inappropriate for passing gas in public, there are other idiosyncrasies that can be called out too. 🤪

[@WookyWarrior]

@@garynelson8098 it was a fantastic message. If we could all endure our sorrows so valiantly, Zion would already be here.