Nice summery tune, always makes me smile when I hear it :)
Wednesday 27 July 2011
The Little Things
Random pet hate of today- people who can't see the good things in their life.
Was on Facebook (suffering from terrible writer's block at the moment, have stalled at page 123!) and saw a post from someone I know who isn't really known for his sunny outlook on life. It read: "I hate everyone, why can't I just have something good in my life for once?" I can appreciate that everyone has off days but this post really struck a chord with me, so much so that I actually blocked content from the guy's page. He posts a really negative comment at least once a day about how he hates his job/love life/life in general etc and it's just not nice to see. He can be a perfectly nice person but he's really bitter and selfish sometimes. It kinda hurt me that although he can't see it, he has so many good things in his life that don't fall under his definition of "good". A loving family, a roof over his head, food to eat, his health, a job... He has all those things, which not everyone can lay claim to, yet he doesn't appreciate them. He always wants more and makes it the world's fault that he doesn't have it. He blames people in general for his own failings, doesn't take responsibility or do anything about it then the world all of a sudden owes him a favour. It made me realise all the good things I have in my own life. Although I don't always take the time to appreciate them, reading about him bursting with hate for everyone because there's something he wants but doesn't have really highlighted them for me. I love my family, my boyfriend, my friends and my life. I wanted to type a comment, saying he needs to grow up and take a good look at his life before deciding it's so utterly crap but it wouldn't make any difference.
The bottom line is, you forge your own path in this life and if you go round thinking the world owes you a favour, you won't get very far in life. Take every opportunity in life, embrace new challenges and make your own luck. And above all, appreciate the little things in life- they go a long way :)
Was on Facebook (suffering from terrible writer's block at the moment, have stalled at page 123!) and saw a post from someone I know who isn't really known for his sunny outlook on life. It read: "I hate everyone, why can't I just have something good in my life for once?" I can appreciate that everyone has off days but this post really struck a chord with me, so much so that I actually blocked content from the guy's page. He posts a really negative comment at least once a day about how he hates his job/love life/life in general etc and it's just not nice to see. He can be a perfectly nice person but he's really bitter and selfish sometimes. It kinda hurt me that although he can't see it, he has so many good things in his life that don't fall under his definition of "good". A loving family, a roof over his head, food to eat, his health, a job... He has all those things, which not everyone can lay claim to, yet he doesn't appreciate them. He always wants more and makes it the world's fault that he doesn't have it. He blames people in general for his own failings, doesn't take responsibility or do anything about it then the world all of a sudden owes him a favour. It made me realise all the good things I have in my own life. Although I don't always take the time to appreciate them, reading about him bursting with hate for everyone because there's something he wants but doesn't have really highlighted them for me. I love my family, my boyfriend, my friends and my life. I wanted to type a comment, saying he needs to grow up and take a good look at his life before deciding it's so utterly crap but it wouldn't make any difference.
The bottom line is, you forge your own path in this life and if you go round thinking the world owes you a favour, you won't get very far in life. Take every opportunity in life, embrace new challenges and make your own luck. And above all, appreciate the little things in life- they go a long way :)
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