Oh, the Humanity!
According to a literary anecdote, the author Nancy Mitford had asked Waugh how he could behave so abominably and yet still consider himself a practicing Catholic. “You have no idea,” Waugh replied, “how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.”
The New Criterion ReaderFor most of my life I have had a “glass is half empty” attitude. Always quick to see the negatives of any situation and, even less attractive, always quick to dwell on those negatives. In the last few years, though, my attitude has taken a definite turn into optimism and joy. It is nothing that I have done for myself. If that were the case, I’d have figured out how to be happier years ago. Like anyone else I get frustrated, overwhelmed, stressed-out. Yet under it all is my great joy and gratitude to God for bringing me so far. I do what I can to improve myself, but I look back at my life and see that it was God who nudged slowly toward peacefulness and contentment. I fail. Oh, how spectacularly I fail sometimes. Yet God always helps me pick myself up, dust myself off, and glide into joy again.
Davis, Julie (2011-04-15). Happy Catholic: Glimpses of God in Everyday Life (Kindle Locations 2450-2463). Servant Books. Kindle Edition.
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