Munificent Banter
A trove of semi-useless rhetoric and/or random musings and exploits, with a mild amount of profanity just for good measure.
Friday, March 25, 2005
"Today was the worst day of my life!"
I just love hearing that phrase from people.
Yeah… okay.
You know what, if your life was so bad today then let's compare it to someone else and see how your day stacks up.
Here's what Nijah did today.
Nijah is 4 years old and lives near Darfur. Today, she had to carry her little brother, Nibraz (13 months old) who is malnourished, up to the northern part of the Chad/Sudan border after their parents, uncle and older brother were either killed or went missing in an attack by the Janjaweed militia on their village, Ab-Layha.
Suddenly your day isn't so bad is it?
As is the style thus far, an appropriate quote.
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
- John W. Gardner (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson)
posted by Scott @ 12:16 AM 1 comments
1 Comments:
- At 4:15 PM, Matt said…
- You make a good point dude. People in this country don't realize how good they have it. In fact, I think all these years of paradise have spoiled us irreversibly. Everyone's been so conditioned to always get what they want, so even the slightest inconvenience results in the "worst day of their life".
