Thanks, Gardener, for Cutting Me Down When You did

I am a member of the LDS Church.  This weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to sit at the feet of the Lord's  Prophets and Apostles.  I loved learning from their wise counsel and was uplifted in so many ways I encourage everyone to check out these amazing talks at  http://lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2011/04?lang=eng.  I was inspired on so many levels and, I want to share one point that Elder D. Todd Christoferson made.  He talked about a Gardener that cuts and trims a Currant Bush.  The Currant Bush said to the Gardner, "How could you do this to me?  I had beautiful leaves and I was going to grow to be so big.  Now I'll be laughed at by the other plants.  How could you harm me so, I thought you were the Gardner?"  The loving Gardner replied, "Dear Currant Bush, I am  the Gardner and you are meant to be a Currant Bush.  Because I have cut you down, someday you will grow big and strong.  And you will turn to me and say, "Thanks, Gardner, for cutting me down when you did."  I love this story because, I have seen our Master Gardner cut bushes down my whole life.  We are those bushes!  We have a wonderful purpose that our Lord has prepared for us, and not all of us are meant to sing, dance, paint, understand hard mathematical problems, Chemistry, or become millionaires.  I realized that we all in some way or another, have a desire for the direction of our lives.  And sometimes our desires do not match what the Lord desires.  And when he cuts us down it's hard but, someday we will realize what his plan is for us, and we will say "Thanks Gardener, for cutting me down when you did."