does this sound like you……
I was talking a pretty successful guy I know the other day. His income is well into the 300k a year range and gets bonuses on top of that…..so needless to say he is doing ok. He was ranting about a bunch of what I thought were really minor annoyances….but the biggie was the dealer didn’t finish some work on his BMW the day they said they would.
From what he said it wasn’t that they were late, it was just something needed to be fixed and they didn’t have the part. OK….so you are delayed in getting your car back…..it’s not like you were dying in the emergency room and they ignored you.
Do you do that too??? Complain about the most minor things when you really have alot to be thankful for? Do you complain about the soon to be 5 dollars a gallon gas but forget that you actually have a car and can drive?
We all have things to complain about but do we really need to complain about them all?
I heard a comdeian once tell this story…
There was this guy that when he was growing up had the worst skin any kid could have. Horrible pimples that he could not get to go away. So he would always hide his face or never look at anyone afraid they would say something about his condition.
One day he was walking down the street and saw a guy coming towards him. The guy was in a wheel chair, he had no arms or legs and was being pushed by another guy. So as he saw the wheel chair guy he thought…”gee I just have bad skin and that poor guy has nor arms or legs. What am I complaining about”
As the two approached the bad skin guy started to raise his head because his like was so bad compared to the wheel chair guy. So as the two passed the guy in the wheel chair look up at the guy pushing him and said
“JEEZ did you see that guy’s face???”
It is just an illustration that everything is relative…our day might have been crummy but there are alot of people out there with real problems. So next time you start to complain take a good look at what you are complaining about.
At least today you woke-up breathing……