Pride can definitely get in the way of suffereing. At the same time, suffering hurts. I mean, I've had to grow and do all these things I never wanted to before this year because I'm in a relationship. Its truly been valuable for my soul. At the same time, it helps humble me (which, from that statement would seem like I'm not very humble, which maybe I'm not) helps me recognize what aspects of my life I need to improve and where I'm going. And vocation is not neccesarily pure suffering; its something that takes suffering to do, takes a sacrifice; i.e. I'm going to teach, which takes a hell of a sacrifice and suffering, but which I know I will enjoy and ultimately garner a better relationship with God from. I guess it was kind of an ad in the feedback forum....
Excellent point. C.S. Lewis hits on this all the time in books like "Screwtape Letters" and "The Great Divorce." If you credit yourself for your own humility, you're already giving yourself too much credit!
It's all just class struggle anyway, no point in doing nothing. Of course this statement is my blatant attempt to usurp whatever will power you poor people had to defeat me in the battle of the upper classes vs. the lower minions of trailer parkisty.
