Found this today on Facebook, posted by Sister Arrington in WA, attributed to Diana Anderson Sorensen:

"Did you know that Mormon lived his entire lifetime while the Nephites were wicked and the Lamanites waged war against them?! ⁣

⁣He never experienced righteousness and peace in the land. ⁣

⁣He didn’t really have any super successful “missions” where he converted a bunch of people. ⁣

⁣He didn’t get to perform miracles in front of a bunch of believers. ⁣

⁣(This is all at least as far as we know, and I feel pretty fair assumptions based on his descriptions.)⁣

His world was in extreme turmoil, war, and hatred from the moment he was born until he took his dying breath. ⁣

And yet he lived a righteous life, followed the Spirit, was visited by the Savior when he was 16 years old, tried to influence his world for good, and took on a writing project that influenced millions of people for years to come. ⁣

I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely had the attitude sometimes that the world needs to go back to “normal” before my real purpose can go back to normal. ⁣

⁣But Mormon never had a “normal” world. ⁣

And he still found a way to be one of the most righteous individuals in history and change history for the better. ⁣

⁣President Nelson taught us recently to: “Embrace your new normal by repenting daily. ⁣

“Seek to be increasingly pure in thought, word, and deed. ⁣

“Minister to others. ⁣

“Keep an eternal perspective. ⁣

“Magnify your callings. ⁣

“And whatever your challenges, my dear brothers and sisters, live each day so that you are more prepared to meet your Maker.”⁣

We don’t need to wait for old “normal” to do any of that. ⁣

It’s all available to us right now. ⁣

And even if we never go back, even if we keep getting more chaos and hatred and even bloodshed around us- ⁣

We still have full access to God, to our Savior, to righteousness, and to fulfilling whatever our purpose might be."