Right?? So I'd rather not tell you how I came across this video, (lots of procrastinating/stalking random people's blogs/whatever) but I just love it! He is right on. This was kind of a slap in the face for me. I am so guilty of everything he talked about....especially the flying stuff. Pretty sure that changes right now. The things that we have and the lifestyles that we live in this century and in this country are absolutely amazing. When you really stop and think about it, we complain about THE most ridiculous things! Why? Why has complaining become the thing to do? It seems like there is always something that someone is whining about. I feel like people no longer respond with "good" to the generic "how are you?" If someone says, "Hey! How are you?" and you respond with "So good!" or "Great!" or "Magnanimous!" (that's Elder Crowther's favorite word) they either think you have a perfect life, something super amazing just happened to you, or you are a weirdo. I feel like it's become more common now to answer with, "I'm tired" or "I'm hungry" or "I'm fine I guess" or "Ugh, don't ask" or "Well, I would be doing better if...." Why do we do that? Why are we so negative all the time? What good does that do us or anyone around us? Oh, none. No good at all. Granted, sometimes complaining is completely warranted. I'm not saying the world should slap a smile on their face no matter what is going on, but it might be nice if we could cool it on complaining about things that really don't matter. Or things that we really don't have a right to complain about. You're hungry? Make yourself a sandwich. You're tired? Go to bed earlier. You're cold? Grab a blanket or turn up your heater. It's pretty simple for us, but there's a LOT of people who don't have it that easy. I forget that a lot. It's good to be reminded. Well there you go, a post complaining about complaining. Sorry. It was mostly a note to self that I decided to share. I need to be better because everything really is amazing.
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