Re: Talking to the dear departed, wherever they are

the Omrud wrote:
agard22AB@xxxxxxxxxxx had it (in small part):

If you view life as a half-empty glass, it is
hell; if you view it as half-full, it is heaven.

It seems to me that the glass is 100% too big.

Nearly all the world's misery and unhappiness would disappear at one fell swoop if perceptions changed, i.e., if people were grateful for what they had.

Grateful? Doesn't that require an object towards which to address the gratitude? Towards whom should the people of Zimbabwe be grateful.

Personally, I'm content rather than grateful.

Yup. As for me, I'm jes' fine.
--
Skitt
Jes' fine!
.

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