In the past couple of years, one continually hears either a fellow worker or, worst case scenario, your asshat boss, say the following (or some variation thereof): "Be thankful you have a job."
There's another saying--it's been around for a while, but I seem to be hearing it more often lately (again, or some variation thereof): "Life is not about the end result, but the journey itself."
As to the first: Only be thankful if you have a good job, or at the very least, a job you enjoy doing. Accepting happily a shit job just because you have one leads to shit wages, shit benefits, shit treatment, and eating plenty of shit from your boss.
As to the second: this bullshit platitude is often said by people who are much better off financially than you. It is like secondhand smoke, a stealth killer of your financial well-being. It is class warfare at its most fetid. One does not climb Mt. Everest for the journey--one climbs it to make it to the top. Acceptance of this bullshit will lead to...see above paragraph.
Thus endeth the lesson.
Peace,
emaycee
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