Complain. It’s something that I can tend to do a lot of. It’s something that we all do.

There was an anonymous inspirational quote that I came across the other day that I thought to be profound. It states that “life is too ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence.”

What I found ironic about that statement is just how true it really is. The irony that the things that we complain about, is the reason why we can value life at all.

Pleasure. Liberation. Happiness. Love. Companionship.

All these things could not be recognized without having…

Pain. Suffering. Sadness. Heartbreak. Loneliness.

It just got me thinking about how sometimes I seem so worried about the outcomes of things, the future. Rather than focusing on what little grasp I have control of which is ,the present.

There are so many things in life that we can complain about. Friends. Relationships. The Future.

Sometimes with complaining it is easy to forget that this two shall pass.

That the struggles, turmoil and frustration that we are having battles with will at some point pass.

One of my favorite scriptures comes from the book of Corinthians “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV)

So, whatever it is that is troubling you. Whatever it is that makes us want to complain so much. To shout from the rooftops. Stomp in anger. Cry in heartache. It’ll pass. And even though we may go through trials, hold steady, because there is always a reason for them. Some of a higher power than we could ever understand.

Sometimes its about recognizing what really makes life worth living.