http://www.promoneyblog.com/advice/its-always-full-from-the-bottom-up Tue, 18 May 2010 08:57:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.promoneyblog.com/advice/its-always-full-from-the-bottom-up/comment-page-1#comment-161 Brip Blap Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:31:09 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/advice/its-always-full-from-the-bottom-up#comment-161 I wish I had that attitude. My attitude is often "the glass is half empty....and leaking". But you're right - we're already living in the most privileged .0001% of the world's population, so on a given day there's no much to be upset about. I talk to my wife's dad and he tells me about immigrating to the US 11 years ago. Imagine being 50 years old with three kids and immigrating with nothing more than the clothes on your backs (they were refugees from the breakup of the Soviet Union). THAT'S a down day. My complaints that my clients don't recognize the specialness of me don't really measure up to that, so it helps restore my perspective. I wish I had that attitude. My attitude is often “the glass is half empty….and leaking”. But you’re right – we’re already living in the most privileged .0001% of the world’s population, so on a given day there’s no much to be upset about. I talk to my wife’s dad and he tells me about immigrating to the US 11 years ago. Imagine being 50 years old with three kids and immigrating with nothing more than the clothes on your backs (they were refugees from the breakup of the Soviet Union). THAT’S a down day. My complaints that my clients don’t recognize the specialness of me don’t really measure up to that, so it helps restore my perspective.

]]> http://www.promoneyblog.com/advice/its-always-full-from-the-bottom-up/comment-page-1#comment-155 SavingDiva Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:24:54 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/advice/its-always-full-from-the-bottom-up#comment-155 Great post! I'll read it over and over again when I'm feeling depressed! Great post! I’ll read it over and over again when I’m feeling depressed!

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