Perfect Day: A Short Story

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Complaining
It was your first day of school and it feels as though nothing could go worse. You had the perfect outfit picked out, your hair is curled, and you are so excited for the day. As you eat the breakfast that your mom makes you, you little brother accidently spills his orange juice on you. This forces you to start your day by having to change the outfit you were so excited to wear. Instinctively you start to get mad, but you decide you just want to make the rest of the day good so you change your attitude and head out the door. Today is going to be the perfect day, still. You are only three steps out the door when the downfall of water strikes you unexpectedly. First your shirt, and now your hair; at this point you have given up all
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There is always that person that everyone knows, that has life pretty easy for the most part, but still finds things to complain about. It 's seen more often then not, in the people who are given everything they want because nothing every meets up to their expectations. Those of the world that are raised like that, just get the understanding that if they don 't like something, then it should be changed; some truly believe that the world should revolve around them and if it doesn 't work out that way they complain. They complain about all the smallest of things like: the weather, bad hair day, someone else, etc. When you truly think about reality though, you know that most of the things you here be complained about are never worth it; they little things like that don 't even compare to some of the things going on in the world. There are those with few exceptions they complain when they have every right to though. There are times that you can complain and it would be understood like; if you are hurt, something is broken, or even the loss of a loved one. For those with truly bad days, it is easier to have compassion and sorrow for …show more content…
The generation we were raised in has always known and accepted complaint with miseries. Since it is such a common thing, it is like a trend; everyone does it and nobody cares. There are few exceptions with those who work hard to not complain, though this isn’t that common. It doesn’t always matter how long you have known someone, chances are you have heard them complain about at least one thing. Something everyone needs to realize is that complaining isn’t going to fix anything, you have to try and fix it yourself. Life isn’t ever as bad as we think it is, a lot worse could be going on so when we think about complaining and feeling sorry for ourselves we need to rethink that

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