Hey there , alright , let's have a little fun . We're going to play a game . We're going to play a game called Name One Thing . You ready for it ? I'll go first . Name one thing that you should say to yourself , but not to other people . Hmm , thinking about it , name one thing you should definitely say to yourself , not to other people .
I told you I'm going first . Don't , don't jump in . Just kidding , I know you can't . So here's the thing , what I think you should be saying to yourself but not to other people . It could always be worse . It could always be worse . You see what I'm saying . It's okay to say it yourself to yourself .
It's actually really good to say it to yourself and not , you know , not in this like head in the sand kind of way where you're just denying that a lot is going on in your life .
I'm not saying you should put your head in the sand , but I am saying that you should kind of get out of your own head a little bit when you're going through something that you know maybe , just maybe , in the grand scheme of things , is not that big .
Now , listen , if you're going through something that is legitimately big , sure , it's a little bit harder , right , but it's still . I still say the same thing . I still say it .
I think there is very much something to it that when you appropriately minimize your problems , put your focus on other people , people who are struggling harder , I think it does tend to lessen your burden . I really believe that , and I know there's going to be people in the comments that are going to argue with me , and that's okay , go for it , I like it .
I like it . I like when you want to fight me . I'm just kidding , not really . I do like it better when you agree with me . So just agree with me . It's simple , right ? No , but listen .
But if you say that to another person , if you say you know they're like oh , this is going on , and I'm not saying that they're like whining or being a baby , or like they're legitimately saying like I have this terrible thing happening , like , let's say , for example , they lost their mother . I guess that's like really dark , but they lost their mother .
That is not the time to say listen , it could always be worse . Not a good time , not a good time for saying something like that , and nor do I think that you would in a time like that . But we do tend to say things like that to people who are going through things that are maybe not huge .
It's like really crappy in the moment , but not a huge thing like a death or something like that or nasty divorce or anything like that . But you know smaller things , let's go small scale . Things like you know their car died or they lost their job .
That's kind of a big thing , right , but even still , when you think of these things and you think of it for yourself , when you're saying it can always be worse , you're training yourself or you're teaching yourself to shift your perspective , which is important , really important , to shift your perspective when bad things happen .
And if you're a person of faith , you would be putting your faith in God and knowing that God has a plan for your life and for you . And if you're not a person of faith , what do you do ? I guess you , I guess , rely on luck and chance and