[Golfingnut]

Look around at your neighbors:

Does whining, sniveling and complaining cause the body to need more nutrients vitamins and the like? I see people over 80 with a more positive and upbeat attitude than the under 80 crowd. Do more people that are upbeat and possitive thinkers live longer OR do folks just stop complaining when they get older? There must be something about seeing the glass as half full.

Is it the complaining that makes folks feel so negative, or is their personal health that make them complain about everything.

I truly feel that smiling releases something into the brain that makes you feel, if only a little bit, better than when you complain constantly.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Look around at your neighbors:

Does whining, sniveling and complaining cause the body to need more nutrients vitamins and the like? I see people over 80 with a more positive and upbeat attitude than the under 80 crowd. Do more people that are upbeat and possitive thinkers live longer OR do folks just stop complaining when they get older? There must be something about seeing the glass as half full.

Is it the complaining that makes folks feel so negative, or is their personal health that make them complain about everything.

I truly feel that smiling releases something into the brain that makes you feel, if only a little bit, better than when you complain constantly.

We treasure the memories we have of our elderly neighbors and friends who became surrogate grandparents to our own babies, toddlers and school aged children...........they are all gone now but I do recall them being more optimistic, not in such a rush, genuinely caring individuals.
Even the ones with "crosses to bear" in their own personal lives, chose to look at the glass as half full.

It seems the young folks are so super busy and overwhelmed with daily life nowadays........the old adage to "slow down and smell the roses" might apply and help the stressed out ones to see the glass as half full.

We never used the word "stressed out" when we were young.
We just coped and did what was expected. I think being on a schedule helped as did "wanting to have childen", move to a certain place, persue a certain lifestyle........whatever......we chose it and that alone was less stressful than people who are not on their chosen path in life.

However, once our kids went away to college.........we heard many of their friends say "we are so stressed out"......nowadays we hear young workers say they are so stressed out........perhaps people are taking on more than is comfortable to manage????

We still know a 95 year old man who runs in marathons and has a great attitude.

Reminds me of my Italian grandmother and all of her siblings and relations who lived into their 90's..........never took prescription drugs.
However, they did have that glass of vino with meals. Fruit of the vine.
They lived humble lives but did seem more "jolly" in my opinion.....
I doubt if they took vitamins or supplements..........talking the 1950's and 1960's when I knew them. Eventually, everyone has to "pass on".

Times have changed.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Look around at your neighbors:

Does whining, sniveling and complaining cause the body to need more nutrients vitamins and the like? I see people over 80 with a more positive and upbeat attitude than the under 80 crowd. Do more people that are upbeat and possitive thinkers live longer OR do folks just stop complaining when they get older? There must be something about seeing the glass as half full.

Is it the complaining that makes folks feel so negative, or is their personal health that make them complain about everything.

I truly feel that smiling releases something into the brain that makes you feel, if only a little bit, better than when you complain constantly.

My neighbors are fine................I only see whining, sniveling and complaninig on TOTV!

[2BNTV]

I think positive people have a better chace of living longer. Those who tend to the glass as half full. It does make one feel better inside when they are in tune with the world and those around them.

To be negative all the time leaves one feeling not well and I don't see that it can accomplish much. We all live in a stressful world and I think as we age, we have resolved a lot of stressful problems.

The funny thing about life is when we have our problems resolved, those whom we care about, have problems that we like to help them with. So, it's always something.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

My neighbors are fine................I only see whining, sniveling and complaninig on TOTV!

[Cisco Kid]

I find it is what it is.
So you best just deal with whatevery is going on in your life without the worry.
The end result is the same without the ulcer.

[glgene]

I chat regularly with a 91-year-old man in my (non-TV) neighborhood. He was in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during WW II.

His name is Bert. He always has such a cheery outlook, and when our brief conversation ends, he usually concludes with saying "Be happy" or "Have a good time" or something (upbeat) similar.

For sure, he puts a smile on my face...always!

Gene

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

My neighbors are fine................I only see whining, sniveling and complaninig on TOTV!

It is here, but I see it on the golf course and the squares. TOTV gives an opportunity to complain without accountability as would be present in a face to face situation.

[perrjojo]

Is my glass half full or half empty? My glass is "plenty". Have any read Complaint Free World? It's a great book about the effects of complaining on our life. It offers the challenge of being complaint free for 21 days....I've tried...it's hard ( I think that's a complaint :-) )but amazing how you start to look at life differently.

[Mr. Grampi II]

I see the glass as 2/3 full..... That is why I own a home in TV, personally it is the only place I have found where I can truly relax. There are whiners and complainers everywhere, I think there are far less in the Villages or maybe I do not hear them down here... My grandmother told me as a boy "you can step in it or step over it"

[rubicon]

It all depends on how one defines and how one views the negative. The rhetorical use of negation can be a game changer. Negativity is naturally linked to our sense of morality and employed to emphasis restraint and can be a call to action. So what one views as whinning another sees quite differently. I suspect that King George thought the colonist to be a bunch of whinners too.

At this time in our society it is imperative that we pause before placing a label on anyone especially since it is being used too often to marginalize people whom have very legitimate views concerning our economy and way of life.

I become very suspect when someone with slight of hand dismisses a person's point of view. In our society such name calling and intentional marginalization has become so common place that many of us don't even recognize it or its intended purpose.

In the original post and I suspect without even noticing it that is what was done by this poster.

The intent of the First Admendment was to allow all people the right to express their ideas and freedoms and that right is being diminished and if we are not careful extinguished.

So whinners unite and go forth perhaps some of which you speak is useless blithering and on the other hand perhaps some of it sounds alarms which keep us free and informed

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by rubicon

It all depends on how one defines and how one views the negative. The rhetorical use of negation can be a game changer. Negativity is naturally linked to our sense of morality and employed to emphasis restraint and can be a call to action. So what one views as whinning another sees quite differently. I suspect that King George thought the colonist to be a bunch of whinners too.

At this time in our society it is imperative that we pause before placing a label on anyone especially since it is being used too often to marginalize people whom have very legitimate views concerning our economy and way of life.

I become very suspect when someone with slight of hand dismisses a person's point of view. In our society such name calling and intentional marginalization has become so common place that many of us don't even recognize it or its intended purpose.

In the original post and I suspect without even noticing it that is what was done by this poster.

The intent of the First Admendment was to allow all people the right to express their ideas and freedoms and that right is being diminished and if we are not careful extinguished.

So whinners unite and go forth perhaps some of which you speak is useless blithering and on the other hand perhaps some of it sounds alarms which keep us free and informed

Not sure where you are coming from or going to.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Not sure where you are coming from or going to.

Hi golfingnut. I hope your golf game is on.

No disrespect or puns intended but your not sure""... is just my point. If you reflect back on my post the example I use concerning King Geoge is one of my points. People are too quick to judge. We are a very reactive society emoting rather than thinking. The use of negation to pursuade can be powerful. focusing on the glass being half empty and questioning why that is so yields result. Conversely being content with a half full glass lets vast opportunities escape and the realization of one's goals and dreams evaporate.

Personal Best Regards:

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Hi golfingnut. I hope your golf game is on.

No disrespect or puns intended but your not sure""... is just my point. If you reflect back on my post the example I use concerning King Geoge is one of my points. People are too quick to judge. We are a very reactive society emoting rather than thinking. The use of negation to pursuade can be powerful. focusing on the glass being half empty and questioning why that is so yields result. Conversely being content with a half full glass lets vast opportunities escape and the realization of one's goals and dreams evaporate.

Personal Best Regards:

Your to smart for me. I read this post twice and still don't get the connection. I made a simple observation in my Thread as::::

WHY DO TWO PEOPLE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES COME UP WITH TWO DIFFERENT TAKES:

i.e. Half Full from one and Half Empty from the other. Just curiosity on my part.

[duffysmom]

Gratitude is not something we freely receive, it needs to be practiced especially in today's world. My hero is Elie Wiesel author of Night. I have very little control over what happens day to day in my life but I do have control over how I think about it which in turn influences my feelings. It's a conundrum.