Really good answers all around, but I wanted to point out one thing Queen Alice said that I think is very important and applies to many different situations:
I think Elder Holland might agree with this statement, and it's a concept that has recently begun to change my life. I just wanted to draw attention to it in case anyone missed it, because it's been a very powerful realization for me.Queen Alice wrote:You say that it's hard to feel the Spirit when their friends are over. Often we don't feel the Spirit because we think we shouldn't be able to. They can't take away your ability to feel the Spirit.