Bitterness is Essential

In my scripture study tonight I read Doctrine and Covenants 29:39. (For those not of my faith, Doctrine and Covenants is a book of revelation given to Joseph Smith, the first prophet of our church). The scripture says; "...for if they never should have bitter the could not know the sweet."
This got me thinking about my life, especially my current situation. Moving sucks, if you've ever moved before you know that. With moving comes no friends, no social life and no fun. But looking back at all the places I have lived I don't know which place I would have wanted to miss out on. Granted, there are some places I didn't like, Georgia in particular, but I would have missed becoming friends with Olivia and Brittnee. You just have to make the best of moving.
The bitter: leaving great friends.
The sweet: making new friends.
Not only did this scripture have me thinking about moving, but also about dating.
My little brother likes to kindly remind me that every time he talked to me while I was at school I was with some new guy. Although that is not entirely true...there is some truth to it. Looking back at the guys I liked these past 7 months and the way things ended with each, most of the time they ended because they wanted things to end, not me. Yeah, it hurt, and yeah, it sucks, but with bitter comes the sweet.
All relationships must come to an end, except one. That one relationship is the reason we keep dating, the reason we keep putting out heart out there and getting it smashed, because in the end, we all just want our Happily Ever After.
Yes, I went through my share of boys this year, but you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.  Not that I was actually kissing all these boys! Maybe I have already met my Prince Charming and the reason it isn't working is because I'm not  ready to know, or he's not. Or maybe I haven't met him, and Heavenly Father isn't letting these other relationships work because He knows that something better is just around the corner.
Either way, I'm gonna let Him guide me on the path that I must take and trust in Him the whole way. I'll have the faith of a little child, and remember that to know the sweet, I must taste the bitter first.