Spiritual selfie

Hannah, check out how lucky this girl is,” Ronna gritted her teeth with envy as she read through a blog.

“Huh? What girl?” Silvia switched off her tablet and hovered behind her friend.

“This girl… Grrrr! I wish I could also get a chance to do something like that!”
Silvia looked at the photograph and was also filled with jealousy.

“Humph! Life is so unfair!” She said.

“What are you two upset about,” Claire arrived and dumped her backpack on Silvia’s bed.

“Dude, you’re crumpling the bed sheets,” Silvia snapped back.

“Chill, Silvia! Your bed isn’t even done or has it ever been done?”

“I’m just joking!” Silvia giggled as she embraced her best friend.

“Wuzzup?” Claire asked.

“It’s THIS girl!” Ronna ranted.

“She’s sooo lucky and pretty gutty to get a selfie with Pope Francis!” Silvia explained.

“Well, that’s life,” Claire remarked.

“So unfair?”

“Only if we’re unfair to begin with,” Claire corrected Ronna.

“Huh?”

“As long as we don’t become unfair to God and others in the first place, then whatever may not turn out well for us, ought to be a chance for us to offer it as a sacrifice to God.”

“But… the Pope is just so coool and I really would like to have a selfie with him!” Ronna pined.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk…. And when you do get one, probably a one-in-a-million chance, then what will you do?” Claire asked.

“I’ll keep it forever and post it up for everyone to be envious about!”

“[SIGH!] We should take it from my cousin’s daughter who has Down. She literally gets a selfie with the Pope every day!” Claire said.
Ronna and Silvia could not believe what Claire shared.

“Everyday!!!?”

“Li-tera-lly…,” Claire repeated.

“Does she Tweet Pope Francis?” Ronna asked.

“I bet because of her illness the Pope consoles her with his photos,” Silvia added.

“Nothing like that, girls. What planet are you from anyway? This girl doesn’t even know how to use the Internet,” Claire explained.

“Then how about the selfie?”

“My cousin once gave her a photograph of Pope Francis. And Candice, her name is, somehow became so attached to the photo that she would bring it with her everywhere.”

“That’s very sooo cute!!!”

“Not only that,” Claire continued. “She has learned to offer whatever she does for the Pope, and she calls it a selfie!”

“Oh my Gaawh…,” Silvia caught herself.

“I’m so touched,” Ronna became teary-eyed.

“I’m also moved,” Claire admitted. “I learned something myself from Candice. I realize that we are so fond of getting selfies here and there, uploading them up and everywhere, but that’s as far as we go. Meanwhile, there’s this little girl who manages to spiritually snap a shot of herself with the Pope by giving her ‘self’ through little things every day.”

“I’m so ashamed of myself,” Ronna confessed as she wiped her eyes.

“So am I,” Silvia said.

“Hey, I’m not saying you or that girl in the Internet are doing the wrong thing,” Claire clarified. “I’m just saying that we ought to learn how to go from being virtually superficial towards something spiritually fruitful and transforming.”

“That’s it…!” Ronna exclaimed.

“What?” Claire asked.

“From now on, I will also have a daily spiritual selfie with the Pope!”

“Me too!” Silvia joined in.

“What about a we-fie?” Claire suggested.

“Also that!” They all laughed as they gave each other a group-hug!