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Terrific read! Give Me Gratitude or Give Me Debt
- Thread starter traca
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janet-in-nc
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A lovely piece, Traca. Thanks for sharing it.
Yes, this was wonderful. Cheezz posted this a week or so ago. I really enjoyed it.
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/229702_Gotta_love_this_blog_postit_gave_me_fresh_new_'perspectacles'
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/229702_Gotta_love_this_blog_postit_gave_me_fresh_new_'perspectacles'
A few things bother me.....
... about this article. I think it's great to be ok with what we have, cherish and enjoy it. But at times her take on stuff rubs me the wrong way, as if she thinks that anytime someone wants to make things better - a renovation, a step to improve the looks or functionality of a place - it must be because we are all trying to keep up with the Joneses. BS.
I say everyone should be entitled to live their life the way they see fit. I would not be able to function with a spot in my kitchen as disorganized and cluttered as she shows in one of her photos. Does that make me a better person? NO. But it should not make her better either! It's different folks, different strokes.
I have lived happily and cooked up many wonderful meals in a tiny little kitchen with almost no appliances to speak of. But I also renovated a kitchen to make it super functional and the way we like it - colorful, bright,and organized. I am happy, she is happy. What's the big deal?
... about this article. I think it's great to be ok with what we have, cherish and enjoy it. But at times her take on stuff rubs me the wrong way, as if she thinks that anytime someone wants to make things better - a renovation, a step to improve the looks or functionality of a place - it must be because we are all trying to keep up with the Joneses. BS.
I say everyone should be entitled to live their life the way they see fit. I would not be able to function with a spot in my kitchen as disorganized and cluttered as she shows in one of her photos. Does that make me a better person? NO. But it should not make her better either! It's different folks, different strokes.
I have lived happily and cooked up many wonderful meals in a tiny little kitchen with almost no appliances to speak of. But I also renovated a kitchen to make it super functional and the way we like it - colorful, bright,and organized. I am happy, she is happy. What's the big deal?
For me the key to the article is being happy with what you've got. Or like you,
if you want something, customize it to your needs. Especially when I was younger, I felt I had to have everything I saw in a magazine or on TV. And that pull consumed so much of my energy, it was absurd. It fell far short of what I thought would make me happy. If the marketers weren't telling me what would make me happy, I finally had to listen to myself, and figure it out. For me, that's been quite a journey. I was a latchkey kid and grew up watching hundreds of hours of TV. I didn't just watch TV, I expected my life to be like the Cosbys or Dallas. When it never added up...for better or worse, I was so confused. Appreciating things like heat, water, and a full belly are things I'm only recently coming to terms with and appreciating completely. Frankly, I just assumed those would be things I always would have..until I didn't.
if you want something, customize it to your needs. Especially when I was younger, I felt I had to have everything I saw in a magazine or on TV. And that pull consumed so much of my energy, it was absurd. It fell far short of what I thought would make me happy. If the marketers weren't telling me what would make me happy, I finally had to listen to myself, and figure it out. For me, that's been quite a journey. I was a latchkey kid and grew up watching hundreds of hours of TV. I didn't just watch TV, I expected my life to be like the Cosbys or Dallas. When it never added up...for better or worse, I was so confused. Appreciating things like heat, water, and a full belly are things I'm only recently coming to terms with and appreciating completely. Frankly, I just assumed those would be things I always would have..until I didn't.
Undoubtedly the essence of the message is valid....
I guess it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine the constant bombarding these days of articles explaining what to do to be happy - they all follow a bit of a formula. "I used to do this, then I had this amazing wake up call, I stopped doing this, started doing that, and wow, I am in Nirvana now"
again, in essence, they all have a positive message and good intentions - but in many levels they assume that whoever doesn't subscribe to that is wrong,naive, brain washed or a mixture of the three
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I guess it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine the constant bombarding these days of articles explaining what to do to be happy - they all follow a bit of a formula. "I used to do this, then I had this amazing wake up call, I stopped doing this, started doing that, and wow, I am in Nirvana now"
again, in essence, they all have a positive message and good intentions - but in many levels they assume that whoever doesn't subscribe to that is wrong,naive, brain washed or a mixture of the three
smileys/wink.gif