Complaining and Day 8, I think.

I'm kinda losing track of my days here! Haha. But I'm pretty sure it's Day 8!

8! 8! Jesus is Great! <-- Cabin 8's Cabin Cheer, but I think they changed it a few time.

But yes, Jesus is so great! And as I sit here, doing journal entries for my HW that's due tomorrow, which of course I procrastinate on, I'm realizing how much I really complain about stuff, and how my "instinct" is to put in on Facebook.  That's so weird to me.  Why do I want to put it on Facebook? My behavioral statistics class last semester kinda went into this when we did a group research project on Facebook and how it reflects aspects of people's personalities. It was pretty neat.  But anyways, I've figured that the reason people put stuff on Facebook is that they want attention. When something goes wrong, right, funny, etc, people post it.  And it's not bad to do that. But negative stuff, like complaining and such, I do it too much. In my head, on Facebook, out loud to those around me. And really, there's no use in it.  Half the time, I can't do anything to change the circumstance, and even if there was something to do about it, what are the odds of me changing it? Slim to none, unless it's something important to my life.  For example, last night I was writing a 5 page introduction to an even longer paper. My complaint: Why in blue blazes does an introduction have to be 5 pages? Answer: Because the teacher said so. Really. And that same teacher gave my roommate a 10 page assignment that was due Monday! So why should I complain about that? My second complaint was something about me being up so late, and all that. Well, that's my problem. I should've started it earlier, focused more, and got it done. Instead, I procrastinate, wrote majority of it this morning, and skipped class to do so. And there were other random complaints throughout the day. Most could probably have been fixed if I had just not waited til the last minute or do something to increase my focus.  Other things, I don't have much control over. Like my color guard instructor.  As much as he gets on my nerves, he's a person too.  Apparently he watches Downton Abbey, too! I thought it was weird and why does this man watch the same show as me? But apparently he has more taste in TV shows than he does in color guard apparel. That's another rant and complaint that I won't go into. It's a waste of my time and frankly, I need to be more positive and forgiving of situations. 

Paul said, "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that no one can criticize you.  Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people."
So while I might not want to write my paper, or go to practice, it's something I should do.  For one thing, I'll keep my grades and GPA up, which is sorely needed to stay high if I want to stay here and continue on to grad school. For another, practicing makes me stronger. He may work us to exhaustion, get frustrated with us, call us out, get angry, make us mad, and a whole list of other things, but he's doing it to make us stronger.  Which keeps our bodies healthy and makes our skills stronger so we look better on the field.  It's all for a purpose.  Complaining won't get me far and won't present me as a good example of a child of God. For if we have God, what's to complain about?

Well, off to finish that HW! Catch y'all later! :)