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Thanks, ROFCIBC . Imagine that...an airline pilot that does more than whine and moan about life...
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From my experience bank...
My Dad, God bless him taught me the idea that you only have one life and you don't know when it's going to end, so enjoy it to the fullest! Dad lived to be 98, and lived with me the last six years of his life! He dropped out of high school in 1917, yet had wisdom beyond learned scholars and so called brilliant thinkers. I loved him and I miss him terribly
He said you can go through life being miserable or take a positive attitude toward it. Even during hard times. Dad & Mom got married and set up house keeping right after the great depression started so they knew hard times and misery. Survived those times and were married 55 years when Mom died.
I tried to live like Dad taught me. All pissing and moaning does is make you and those around you miserable. Doesn't make what's bothering you go away, just makes you miserable! So why do it?
Dad said, "show concern, not worry". His point was worry was an emotion and concern was logical thought. Worry as an emotion, can't differentiate between things you can do something about and ones you just have to live with. Concern can...and does...and armed with that knowledge you move on and live with bad times in the best possible light.