Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Yeah, I think that's right. He would, if you whined around him, he would come into the house, clapping his hands, said, there are no whiners in this house. There's no complaining in this house. And, you know, we were reminded growing up time after time that we were very, very fortunate. Compared to 99% of humanity, we had a very, very cushy existence. And, you know, none of us really had a
Yeah, I think that's right. He would, if you whined around him, he would come into the house, clapping his hands, said, there are no whiners in this house. There's no complaining in this house. And, you know, we were reminded growing up time after time that we were very, very fortunate. Compared to 99% of humanity, we had a very, very cushy existence. And, you know, none of us really had a
Yeah, I think that's right. He would, if you whined around him, he would come into the house, clapping his hands, said, there are no whiners in this house. There's no complaining in this house. And, you know, we were reminded growing up time after time that we were very, very fortunate. Compared to 99% of humanity, we had a very, very cushy existence. And, you know, none of us really had a
right to complain about anything. And I, you know, I think it's a better way to live to just say, I think you're not going to complain. I think self-pity is crippling to people.
right to complain about anything. And I, you know, I think it's a better way to live to just say, I think you're not going to complain. I think self-pity is crippling to people.
right to complain about anything. And I, you know, I think it's a better way to live to just say, I think you're not going to complain. I think self-pity is crippling to people.
Well, I don't think that anybody ever got to their deathbed and said, you know, I wish I had spent more time complaining. I think there's a one of the things that I found out during my early sobriety is really a technique that was a gift to me was that gratitude was a choice.
Well, I don't think that anybody ever got to their deathbed and said, you know, I wish I had spent more time complaining. I think there's a one of the things that I found out during my early sobriety is really a technique that was a gift to me was that gratitude was a choice.
Well, I don't think that anybody ever got to their deathbed and said, you know, I wish I had spent more time complaining. I think there's a one of the things that I found out during my early sobriety is really a technique that was a gift to me was that gratitude was a choice.
And that, you know, my inclination, I think the inclination of most people is not to be grateful, but to wake up every day with a sense of impending doom and then, you know, to look for reasons to be discontent. And it's really about the way that we process reality. You could have two people who are doing this, who are shoveling manure
And that, you know, my inclination, I think the inclination of most people is not to be grateful, but to wake up every day with a sense of impending doom and then, you know, to look for reasons to be discontent. And it's really about the way that we process reality. You could have two people who are doing this, who are shoveling manure
And that, you know, my inclination, I think the inclination of most people is not to be grateful, but to wake up every day with a sense of impending doom and then, you know, to look for reasons to be discontent. And it's really about the way that we process reality. You could have two people who are doing this, who are shoveling manure
And one of them could be whistling and laughing, and the other one could be grumbling and cursing. And it all is taking place inside our own heads. How do we choose to practice? to process our reality. Do we choose to look at the glass half empty or glass full? Every day of my life, I make a gratitude list. I just list a lot of banal things like orange juice, antibiotics, and air conditioning.
And one of them could be whistling and laughing, and the other one could be grumbling and cursing. And it all is taking place inside our own heads. How do we choose to practice? to process our reality. Do we choose to look at the glass half empty or glass full? Every day of my life, I make a gratitude list. I just list a lot of banal things like orange juice, antibiotics, and air conditioning.
And one of them could be whistling and laughing, and the other one could be grumbling and cursing. And it all is taking place inside our own heads. How do we choose to practice? to process our reality. Do we choose to look at the glass half empty or glass full? Every day of my life, I make a gratitude list. I just list a lot of banal things like orange juice, antibiotics, and air conditioning.
glass on the windows, the things that generations, 20,000 generations of humanity never had those things. We live like gods compared to most of the human beings in history, even the most unfortunate American today. And so we can either choose to be about those things or we can, you know, choose to be anxious.
glass on the windows, the things that generations, 20,000 generations of humanity never had those things. We live like gods compared to most of the human beings in history, even the most unfortunate American today. And so we can either choose to be about those things or we can, you know, choose to be anxious.
glass on the windows, the things that generations, 20,000 generations of humanity never had those things. We live like gods compared to most of the human beings in history, even the most unfortunate American today. And so we can either choose to be about those things or we can, you know, choose to be anxious.
And, you know, it was a revelation to me to learn, to realize that that was a choice and it was my condition that was, you know, that was imposed upon us.
And, you know, it was a revelation to me to learn, to realize that that was a choice and it was my condition that was, you know, that was imposed upon us.