Cheerful At Home

"You must accept your cross; if you bear it courageously it will carry you to heaven."   ~ St. John Vianney As a Christian, the idea of embracing one's cross wasn't a foreign one to me. I've heard it many times through the years. It is in the Bible after all. However, knowing  what we must do and  actually  doing it...well those are two very different things.  I think that embracing one's cross can be more difficult when one lives a comfortable life. I lived most of mine with very little suffering in comparison to some. Of course growing up, there was some hardship, teenage pride, and a little drama, but other than that, I've always been healthy. I lived a pretty clean life without baggage of past sexual sin or a childhood of abuse or trauma. If I felt lonely, I never truly was, as my family was always there for me.  My biggest struggle in life was probably dealing with my pride. And as you know, dear reader...it is pride that ...