How bad can it be?
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I find it a constant struggle to keep my mouth shut when people use “FML” for bad days, and occasionally a bad week. Even without a belief in God, there can always be worse in life. For those with a belief in God, we have been given the promise that he will never let us go through anything we cannot handle. Kids misbehaving, missed meetings, running late, having plans changed last minute, getting a ticket, having a vehicle stop working, etc. are all things we have allowed to control our mood instead of responding in a way that is as minor as the situation itself. Many times one thing happens, and we let it spiral our whole day, week, or more into this pity party while we justify every action that we know isn’t right into a new reasoning for it.
I have faced a lot myself, and even though I don’t always handle bad days or extended bad moments well; I have never found myself thinking oh “FML.” How ungrateful can we be to walk around in such self righteousness that we can’t appreciate even the smallest bit of good in the midst of a lot of bad? Or to be so self centered we can’t realize a minor situation compared to a major and yet still think our whole life is now destroyed from us responding poorly?
Seeing “FML” to me is just like hearing a child say “it’s not fair!” “It’s not fair” no longer gained sympathy or attention as we got older so instead someone created an adult version of, knowing most people would not treat it for what it is; whining. It has also come to replace people just simply asking “why me?” Did we really need to replace these phrases in our lives by a phrase that is indescribably worse?
I think on some level expressing trials or hardships can be healthy. The part I can’t justify in all this how often people use it, and how the people that do use it seem to never get over themselves or wanting others to feel bad with them.
We were never promised an easy life, and some may face more hardships than others, but how can we honestly be the judge of that? More often than not the people we admire for what seems to be an easy life or a better life than ours at the moment, has many hidden flaws and hardships on its own. The only difference is the people who purposely respond to a situation instead of being consumed by it. Most can admire a rose for its beauty, charm, and elegance. However, with every rose comes many more thorns that lead up the stem to that flower so many admire. It isn’t different with people. More often than not we are admiring certain aspects of others lives on a visual surface view only; not seeing the thorns hidden by the bush that helped grow the flower.
I find it a constant struggle to keep my mouth shut when people use “FML” for bad days, and occasionally a bad week. Even without a belief in God, there can always be worse in life. For those with a belief in God, we have been given the promise that he will never let us go through anything we cannot handle. Kids misbehaving, missed meetings, running late, having plans changed last minute, getting a ticket, having a vehicle stop working, etc. are all things we have allowed to control our mood instead of responding in a way that is as minor as the situation itself. Many times one thing happens, and we let it spiral our whole day, week, or more into this pity party while we justify every action that we know isn’t right into a new reasoning for it.
I have faced a lot myself, and even though I don’t always handle bad days or extended bad moments well; I have never found myself thinking oh “FML.” How ungrateful can we be to walk around in such self righteousness that we can’t appreciate even the smallest bit of good in the midst of a lot of bad? Or to be so self centered we can’t realize a minor situation compared to a major and yet still think our whole life is now destroyed from us responding poorly?
Seeing “FML” to me is just like hearing a child say “it’s not fair!” “It’s not fair” no longer gained sympathy or attention as we got older so instead someone created an adult version of, knowing most people would not treat it for what it is; whining. It has also come to replace people just simply asking “why me?” Did we really need to replace these phrases in our lives by a phrase that is indescribably worse?
I think on some level expressing trials or hardships can be healthy. The part I can’t justify in all this how often people use it, and how the people that do use it seem to never get over themselves or wanting others to feel bad with them.
We were never promised an easy life, and some may face more hardships than others, but how can we honestly be the judge of that? More often than not the people we admire for what seems to be an easy life or a better life than ours at the moment, has many hidden flaws and hardships on its own. The only difference is the people who purposely respond to a situation instead of being consumed by it. Most can admire a rose for its beauty, charm, and elegance. However, with every rose comes many more thorns that lead up the stem to that flower so many admire. It isn’t different with people. More often than not we are admiring certain aspects of others lives on a visual surface view only; not seeing the thorns hidden by the bush that helped grow the flower.
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