Makes Me Think - Today, I took a friend for a burger to try to her cheer up after a tough day. When we got our sodas, the kind she wanted was gone. In a state of frustration, she complained aloud about all the things that had gone wrong today. As she was saying this, a middle-aged man who was missing his both of his legs from the knees down rolled up to the soda fountain in a wheel chair. He said to her, "Cheer up, dear. As long as you've got air to breathe, it's a pretty good day." MMT

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Today, I took a friend for a burger to try to her cheer up after a tough day. When we got our sodas, the kind she wanted was gone. In a state of frustration, she complained aloud about all the things that had gone wrong today. As she was saying this, a middle-aged man who was missing his both of his legs from the knees down rolled up to the soda fountain in a wheel chair. He said to her, "Cheer up, dear. As long as you've got air to breathe, it's a pretty good day." MMT

#16517 (2) - Jul 28, 2012 by Anonymous - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (595) - No, that made me sleepy. (22)

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Not to be callous, but the attitude of "someone has worse problems than you therefore your problems don't exist" has not been a helpful one. Mostly it leaves you with all the problems you had before except now you feel guilty for no good reason. Maybe it applies here, but it rubs me the wrong way.