re: Why You Should Stop Complaining Today, Backed by Neuroscience

Every time I get in a negative frame of mind and start feeling sorry for myself I think of all the poor bastards around the world at exactly this moment who are having an IV started to have surgery, are receiving the news that someone they know and love has just passed away, hearing the C word from their own doctor...and all of a sudden the SOB in front of me at the red light on his cell phone who sat through the turning arrow seems miniscule. Happiness is about being satisfied with what you have, working toward correcting the things you can and paying no attention at all to things outside your sphere of influence. I also expect nothing other than dishonesty, pushing an agenda and scoundrelism of any other person and I am very seldom disappointed as a result. In fact I am often surprised how wrong I was about most people.