Move on! Yes, yesterday is over and we have today to be better.
By jeanniemay
@jeanniemay (1798)
Philippines
June 10, 2008 7:37pm CST
Move on! Move on! I hear this words from good friends. I wonder why there are few good lucky and let's say fortunate friends who are still sick and tired of their past.
[b]If you have a friend who always complain with his/her situation, what do you usually advise him/her?
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I have this friend who never gets tired of complaining about everything in her life, if she was born rich, then maybe, it would be better for her. If she made the right decisions before, maybe, she is not suffering this things now. .. and more stories. Well, I would always leave out a joke and tell her, "you are getting prettier, I guess, something is coming up or hmmm.. you are not telling me something.. open up! Open up!" and usually, what happens was, "she suddenly shifts out a good experience she had this day."
Friends, I am still hoping she gets the good stories to continually inspire her and lessens her complaints about her past. I also have challenges, at work and in the family, but it doesn't dismay me or make me, life is not about it right?
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9 responses
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I just try to be kind to them and not step on their toes. I know some people who never get tired of somplaining about their life also. I do care about them but I am so busy trying to make ends meet and struggle through my own life. I do not tell them my problems. I try to fix my own problems myself. It does not mean that i do not care though. I just try not to burden others about it. I think if we all work hard and look to the fufutre, things will happen for us. there will be long roads and many mountains to climb but it can be achieved if we never give up on trying to make it better.
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@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
WOW! That is an admirable great line of thoughts my friend. Yes, we have long rocky and many high mountains to climb but it's in the determination and persistence that we can pass through them. Thank you my friend for the heads up, yes, I will be kind and not step on their toes but will continue to show care. Cheers!
@ayrin03 (318)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
maybe i will say that, they have to face the consecquences are. You make choices, there's no turning back. Maybe your friend is something relieved when they shared it with you. Don't be sick of listening.. You never know you are helping a friend. You know the things that is too much..
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@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
Nice advise, my friend! yes, I will take it from you, I will not get tired of listening.. I will be a listening buddy and yes, I'll take charge if it's too much. Thank you my friend.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 Jun 08
I always tell people to take the lessons they jave learnt from the past and look forward to what the future has in store for us as teverything changes around the corner things will be different and with the lessons learnt put them to good use when you turn that corner...
@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
Wow! My friend, that's a pretty cool sharing. Thanks for dropping it here. Yes, the past may have something for the future but it has nothing to do with the future. Exactly, lessons learned are better put to good use. Whew! A blast, my friend, thank you!
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Hello jeanniemay, I can say that she is very lucky to have you as a friend..She is not as strong as you and as many other people, she is very sensitive and emotional and needs to have someone who will remind her the good things in life that she missed to recognize. I have also a friend like that and oftentimes, as inverse approach to make her stronger, I will talk to her like I am her mom, to scold her sometimes to push her to do things and think otherwise!
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
14 Jun 08
Maybe that is your mission to her, bring light in her and cheer her up in times of difficulty! Keep up the good work!
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@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Wow! That's something else my friend. Well, say, in my own little way.. I will be a good friend.
@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Yes, my friend, it's our opportunity to be a friend and let them see how good is life even when they won't appreciate the goodness life offers them. Maybe, in due time they will realize. Cheers to you my friend.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
Hi jeanniemay! I have met a quite number of people like that too and sometimes I am getting quite bored with their stories of how life is so unfair when all the while they are driving their own brand new cars and shopping endlessly. hello?! To be honest with you kapatid, I do pity these people because they don't appreciate the blessings that they have. They can't feel happiness with the richness of their lives, not only materially but with the people around them. They can't find contentment and appreciation of the blessings that they were given. They always find fault and what they lack. I guess, if they will just open their eyes, there is always joy that you can find in every simple things in life even we lack in so many things. Life is not perfect, we should accept that. It is up to us to make our lives meaningful even in times of sufferings and pain. We can always find goodness on people who are willing to be a friend or lend a helping hand or even with a stranger who smiled at us without them knowing that they have uplifted our spirit with that one smile. All of us have different challenges, different pains but all of us are also being given the same chance to smile, to love, and to appreciate life. I have a difficult life but I know when I take my last breath I will still smile and thank God for a wonderful life He has given me.
Take care and Celebrate life! God bless you always kapatid!
@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
Perfectly right kapatid! Yes, it is not about hardships that we live for, it's about the challenge in it and amidst it, we enjoy life. Nice thoughts ate Faith! Whew! I am very lucky you always drop your thoughts by. Cheers my friend and take care! Panalo ka!!
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
11 Jun 08
I, too have such friends. Friends who always lament about their lives. I notice that those who complain the most are people who do not actually have big problems with their lives. Their problems are basically what most other people are experiencing. No matter what advice you give them, it won't work. They just want people to sympathize with them.
Those friends of mine who have bigger or more serious problems, they tend to be stronger. They will sometimes feel down and sad and confide in me. However, they will not do it very often. They will try to be positive whenever they can. They believe that that's the only way for them to be happier. They will take all the positive advices I give and be stronger from there on.
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@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Wow! This is a nice piece of thought my friend. Yes, 100% I agree with you. Thanks for dropping by your thoughts and sharing your views. I learned.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jul 08
if you treat him/her as your friend you must understand him what he/she say to you, the time that she/he open this to is get you idea with regards to his/her feelings. i have a friend similar to that but i always make a jokes, with a lesson of course. i have lot of complaints and bad experience but still i am positive that i can overcome into it.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Jun 08
I have a best friend who always tells me that tomorrow
will be my lucky day and you know somehow this changes
my mind set and usually tomorrow is a great day, whether
luck has anything to do with it or not.Life keeps on
keeping on and we can be happy or sad about it, so why
not look for the bright side and feel happy?
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@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Yes, there is always a bright thing in everyday, it's always how we see and make it. Cheers my friend and thanks for sharing.
@paid2write (5201)
•
11 Jun 08
It seems your friend has a negative attitude to life and you have a positive attitude. She could change if she wanted to but I don't know what you can say to her as it has to be her decision to change her attitude and lead a happier life.
You know as well as I do that we learn from our past mistakes and use the knowledge of our experience to help us towards a better future. Life is about now and not what has gone before.
It's not easy to forget the past but it is possible to make the effort not to be thinking of all the bad things that have happened and to appreciate the good things which happen in everyone'slife, if only they can only see it.
Your friend needs to learn gratitude.
@jeanniemay (1798)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
I agree with you my friend. Yes, if we learn how to put in use our past experiences, it would rather help the future and now. Mistakes should be enough done and just forgive ourselves and let go. That was a nice thought from you my friend, thank you!