The More We Have, The More We Bitch, LOL
You ever notice how the universe sends you the same message from several different sources within a short time period? It’s like the Powers-That-Be study the same marketing techniques employed by magazine advertisers: Hit them three times or they won’t notice! Lol…
Anyhow, I recently had this experience about the issue of gratitude. First, I stumbled on "Gratitude is a Gateway Drug" by Lisa Earle McLeod. That, in turn, made me recall something my mom would say. “The more people have, the more they find to bitch about.” Throughout life, what has struck me about the people who’ve impressed me most is that no matter the challenges they have faced – and for some of them, those challenges have been horrific – they kept an eye not on what they didn’t have, but what they did. Not just paying lip service to it or putting on a brave face, but truly feeling that gratitude, which is actually a very difficult thing to do.
Once more, the same thought process came back to me when I recently watched the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars. In a visit to the Anne Frank house, a teenage girl with terminal cancer hears and finds strength in the doomed girl’s message. Paraphrased, Anne Frank wrote that she found beauty in every day, rather than focusing on the fear and potential for loss which, in her circumstances and that of the terminally ill heroine, were substantial.
We each deal with suffering differently, so I try to avoid phrasing like “I know how you feel,” when talking to people going through things. While I may have dealt with a similar situation, the two of us will experience it differently. However, I think messages like this article and how suffering is portrayed in The Fault in Our Stars offer a universal message for each of us. When despair and fear try to take over, gratitude is a quiet little way to try and get the upper hand on life again.
Just a random thought I decided to throw out there today. I know, two posts within a couple weeks. Nobody die of shock, lol. Happy weekend, all!
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