Don't become a Doormat

 1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

 2 But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that they did seek to take away my life.

 3 Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks to rule over us; and we have had much trial because of him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.

 4 Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they murmured against me. But it sufficeth me to say, that they did seek to take away my life.

 5 And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi, should depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all those who would go with me.

2 Nephi 5:1-5

I think these verses are so sad, this event happened shortly after Lehi died.  It had been such a struggle for Nephi and his older brothers lots of times previously, I'm sure it was bittersweet for Nephi to just walk away, because then there was no more hope for his brothers and they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.  It was probably a relief in some ways to think that he and his family could be on their own without worrying about what Lamn and Lemuek would do to them.  Sometimes, you can't work things out woth people, no matter how much you love them or care for them.  If they won't work with you, listen to you or try to understand you, and instead work to thwart your goals or hurt you, then sometimes fleeing is the right thing to do.  But you do have to give them a chance and maybe many chances before it becomes the right thing.  

One attitude that I really can not stand is when people act smug and think they have everything figured out.  Then they don't need to work with anybody else, they just need everybody else to fit in with their paradigm and go along with their ideas whether they are good or not regardless of who may be inconvenienced or what may be better.  It's not too bad when the person is just someone you interact with as a peer where neither of you are in charge of each other, but if you ever get into a situation with someone like that who gets to be in charge of something over you or your kids, like at school or church or other organized activities, then that is hell.  Not to the same level as Laman and Lemuel, but it is along the same lines, and if after trying to work things out, you find you are being thwarted or minimized or marginalized or hurt, then the right thing to do is to leave the organization that is hurting you or find another solution.  We should stand up for ourselves and do what is right and not become doormats.