Things Which Are Equally Bad Are Also Equally Good, Try To Look At The Bright Side Of Things!

I’ve very recently learned how easy it is to move into negativity. The world is filled with things to be angry about: our jobs or our schools; our work and our lack of sleep, and our inconsistent friends, the traffic, the weather, the crowds, famine, disease, poverty, war… the list goes on.

Luckily, I have in my life people whose wisdom and experience happen to help guide me back to the right course whenever I begin to go into wrong ways. I was reminded—in a rather entering, almost rough way—that feeling the need to bitch and regret our unhappy fates is a sign that we’re looking at the wrong side of the situation.

“Things might not be going the way you want them to be,” said my personal mentor, “and you may not be getting what you feel you deserve. But that’s life. It’s not fair. Instead of complaining, learn from what you’re given.”

And he added: “Remember to keep your opinions to yourself. Watch and learn, watch and learn.”

I’ve since come to realize (after much thought to the sound of sad, rainy day music) that success comes to those who don’t give up or give in to the temptation of violent manners. It’s so much easier to complain than it is to do something about it, so much easier to give good advice than to follow it.

And yet life is as generous with its blessings. How quickly we forget that having a job to angry about means we have a job at all, that parents who always involve are parents who care, and that hard work tends to reward the worker.

“Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”