While going through a 'pity party' period, a wise man once told me:
"... If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof overhead, place to sleep, a job to wake up to in the morning and spare change in a dish somewhere ... you Brennan, are richer and more blessed than most in this world. STOP your whining and bitching!"It's true. And from that day on, I try and catch and stop myself from complaining about insignificant shit! He explained it to me this way:
"...If we all threw our problems in a pile and really took the time to see everyone else's problems, we'd most likely grab our own back."
Not words you really want to hear when you feel like the whole world is working against you. But he certainly had a way of putting things into perspective:
"...So Brennan, while you sit there and complain about all the long hours that you have been working and that you have no social life, ask yourself... who chose your career? That's right, 'you' did. While you complain about working, that man you met yesterday dying of cancer, wishes he had your energy, health! Yeah, he's probably thinking that you are one lucky SOB!Quite the attitude adjustment I received that day!
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Engineer aka: Chauffeur
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