Tuesday 26 July 2011 - what I got, I got a lot

If you think about it the average person has so much to be grateful for it's amazing they should whine and complain so much! Which they do! At championship levels!

Instead of being grateful they have a job and work to go to each day, they complain it's not the work they want, or love, or that the hours are too long, the boss is mean, my coworkers can't seem to stand my negative self or that the staff loo only has 1 ply bog rolls!

Instead of being grateful they have a car to drive and the freedom to do so, they whine about traffic and speed cops and petrol prices and how their car isn't as wow as someone else's car which has hideous fins stuck on it and a funny green light underneath that is ugly, but but but, still cool!!!

Instead of being happy they get a salary, they wish it was bigger and fatter and somewhere rivaling the wages god must draw once a month.

Instead of being thrilled they have enough to eat they complain about putting on weight, how the steak is underdone or how ice cream should be calorie free, but give me another serving anyway let's see just how much strain these pant's buttons can take!

Instead of feeling warm emotions that they have friends and family who care about them, they complain that they wish they'd stop phoning all the time, grouch about unexpected visits and forget the name of whatsherface's little brat.

The shelter over our head (Wish the house was bigger), our lovers (they could stand to lose a few pounds), our health (I'm 40 and don't look 20, why is that?) etc etc.

I know the human animal is a complex one, it loves to strive for what it doesn't have, and then let you know in long, voluminous detail, how it's struggle to achieve is going SO BADLY and draining them SO MUCH!!

But every now and then it's also good to have a sit down and take stock of all the things you do have! Your wealth not just in money but in friends, family and healthy living! All these things at your fingertips that you take for granted until the day they're not there and suddenly you realize that maybe, just maybe, you didn't have it so bad after all...