"You cannot force spiritual things. Such words as compel, coerce, constrain, pressure, demand do not describe our privileges with the Spirit.
You can no more force the Spirit to respond than you can force a bean to sprout, or an egg to hatch before its time. You can create a climate to foster growth; you can nourish, and protect; but you cannot force or compel: You must await the growth.
Do not be impatient to gain great spiritual knowledge. Let it grow, help it grow; but do not force it, or you will open the way to be misled. …
… Should we stand in need of revealed instruction to alter our course, it will be waiting along the way as we arrive at the point of need. "
(In Perfect Balance, p. 252-3, Pres. Boyd K Packer)
I really like this and thought it applied to much more than spiritual growth (i.e. relationships, raising children, general learning etc).
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