It really pisses me off when people put themselves in the losing position.
It often manifests itself in these "harmless" phrases:
- I guess I just wasn't meant to be rich...
- How unlucky I have been in my life...
- What can I do about my situation?
- It's all "somewhere out there" far away, not with me.
"Well, what are you doing!" - I wanna scream at the top of my lungs😤
Aren't you sick of these excuses yourself?
Yeah, obviously, some people are just in catastrophic circumstances that many people wouldn't even dream of. But damn it, life is one - isn't it worth "floundering" for the sake of it?
A short cautionary tale (or parable🤔) came to mind - my mother used to tell me when I was a kid.
About two frogs who accidentally jumped into a jug of sour cream and started drowning. One gave up because she thought they had no chance. And the other one "floundered" so long that it made solid butter out of the sour cream, after which it got out of the jug safely.
The thought is simple, but I have returned to it more than once in my life - finding the motivation to "flounder."
After all, if you don't, then the moment of your voluntary surrender will be remembered for a lifetime and will be the most painful scar.