Complaining

Sometimes, you just wanna complain your afternoon away.

You stayed up really late last night taking care of that fiscal responsibility, and as a result want to start blabbing about that terrible headache you received from the torture.

Maybe you could complain that you have too much work to do for the rest of your life as an adult, and that this is on a dreadfully tight schedule.

Maybe you could complain about the fact that you lost your appetite and that people don't know how to give directions.

Maybe you could complain about your pillow's lack of puffiness, about the fact that two 3-4 hour classes a day are tons of important information to process, or about the fact that you decided to stop complaining for five weeks...and that it's difficult.

Maybe, you could complain about how sometimes you don't spell your own name correctly in cursive. (An awkward reality for..some people)

Sometimes, you just wanna complain.

The sad thing is this:

You forget that you're good-looking, you forget that you're charming.  You forget that you're among the wealthiest persons that ever existed in the history of the world.  Please see George Mason economics professors for details.

Most importantly,you forget that you not only know who you are, but you know where you came from.  You forget that you're just a small part of history...a part where the love story ended happily ever after, a story that already has been won,

So, yes. You have a hilarious life.

Sometimes guys that you have a crush on write articles promoting your ridiculousness.

 Sometimes, they even join you in your ridiculousness if they have a crush on you too.

You go on cool roadtrips,

You meet local celebrities,

And your friends go get baptized into the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church because the Holy Spirit decided to work through friendships, just as he did in the Roman Empire.

But even more than the good looks,
more than your mother's blunt comments that make your day,
and more than your ridiculous brothers' music videos,
You have been saved, loved infinitely, and as a result nothing will ever be the same.

Salvation History tells us that we have every reason to be joyful.

Also, some really cool guy said that Joy might not seem to rank up there too high in the pantheon of Christian virtues, but a Christian without joy is an oxymoron. Look it up, dear fan of complaining, and fear not.

There's a world full of troubles and reasons to advocate complaining, but there's over thousands of souls that are eternal, which is greater than any temporary pain or comfort.


Wanna see a lady that did it all? Here ya go.

And what is the secret of perseverance? Love. Fall in Love, and you will not leave him.
-San Josemaria Escriva, The Way (999)
 
It's a love story,  I better learn to say and live out "yes."

~Esa Cita