Now, I am sure we all have our days when we don’t feel well or are just in general having a bad day; but there seems to be people who are not happy if they are not making eveone around them miserable.
A big red flag of negativity for me is someone who constantly complains about anything and everything. I just plain do NOT want to be around those kinds of people!
Like I said, we all have our days, myself included but I really do try to keep it down to a minimum. My motto is (a play on the original Golden Rule) if I don’t like it, then I won’t do it to someone else. I hate complainers, so I try not to do that to other people.
I have to wonder about such people…is their life so miserable that they want everyone else to be that miserable too or is it just simply they are naturally negative people who have nothing else to share but their misery and negativity?
Whatever the reason, I would rather not be around it. My Grandma used to say, “when you’re by yourself, you know you’re in good company,” and this is a perfect example. I have more than enough to keep me busy – sometimes more than I would like – and don’t need to listen or deal with anyone who throws up a red flag.
I watched some of the Paralympics and saw such joy and pride from the athletes. They were enthusiastic (and often off key) when they sang the Anthems. They gave all they had in every event and unabashedly shared their emotions after the results. Just think what it took for some of those athletes to simply get from their homes to Paris and I am sure being in such a large unfamiliar city was very daunting for some of them. The Olympic Village was accessible for them but I bet a good bit of Paris was not. Yet, they were overjoyed to be there representing their nations and participating in the sporting events. And while there are always issues and complaints about anything and everything, it didn’t show during the Games or in the interviews.
Complaints have their place and purpose but to hear the same ones from the same person with every encounter is taxing – both on the mood and patience of the listener…one I choose to avoid as much as possible.
This is good