I live with a chronic illness where I can't work. My life sucks more than most people. I never said problems don't exist but it is undeniable that it could be so much worse if I lived in a different country or in a different time.
If you NEVER allow yourself to be grateful for what is good in your life, you are going to INCREASE the misery you have.
And that's what is missing in our culture. We goad each other online into complaining and more complaining about things that, while problems, make us forget the good we have and which robs us of happiness.
There's kind of a perverse incentive to come up with the biggest "woe is me" story because it often confers a sort of status in today's culture.
The fact of the matter is that in the history of all humanity, suffering is the norm. Falling asleep on a soft bed with a full belly after a clean shower with an entertainment screen is what is unusual.
If you NEVER allow yourself to be grateful for what is good in your life, you are going to INCREASE the misery you have.
And that's what is missing in our culture. We goad each other online into complaining and more complaining about things that, while problems, make us forget the good we have and which robs us of happiness.
There's kind of a perverse incentive to come up with the biggest "woe is me" story because it often confers a sort of status in today's culture.
The fact of the matter is that in the history of all humanity, suffering is the norm. Falling asleep on a soft bed with a full belly after a clean shower with an entertainment screen is what is unusual.