It's a Gift to Choose to be Silent

"Let us thank God that we can afford to Smile because we have patience.

... and that we have patience to make us smile" 

God has given us gifts which we do not even appreciate. 

That gift of hope which does not disappoint ...

That gift of character which we should supposedly nurture ...

That gift of wellness which makes us enjoy everything -- but which we just take for-granted! 

True enough, 

Sometimes all that we would like to wish for is just to be normal...and not get sick at all...

It's such an awe that those who are sick 

are the ones who appreciate that they still have the opportunity to get healed.

yet, such a dismay that those who are "normal" are too impatient with a lot of things. 

They easily get annoyed with unpleasant smell ...

They straightforwardly flare up with unlikable comments ...

and the worst, they don't care if they already become disrespectful

when somebody cares to tell them that their reaction sores much more!  

@ The Feast's Celebration of the Holy Trinity Sunday, 

Rev. Fr. Tony Velasco concluded: 

"Its almost a mortal sin if we IMPATIENT!

"Kasalanan na tayo ay maging mainitin ang ulo; 

Kasalanan ang maging mainisin;

Kasalanan ang maging magagalitin

 sa mga maliliit na bagay."

 Its a gift if we choose to be silent instead of impatiently REACTING

We can even boast of our afflictions -- only if we want to show that we have God in our life :)