I was cruising the unusually dusty and pothole infested road on my way to work when I heard a fellow motorist talking to his sexy female companion.
"Gasoline price shoot up again today. Damn this country."
I gave the fellow a casual glance (I was actually checking the facial attributes of his back rider) and murmured to myself how ignorant and ungratefull is he.
Didn't he know that we may not have the highest standard of living, but here we are taking full control of our lives? Yes, the price of gasoline may have gone up again but that is beyond our control. OPEC (Oil Producing and Exporting Countries) demanded a raise in the cost we pay when we use their oil. Our dearest petrolium companies have no other choice but increase the per liter price consumers pay. Why blame this country?
Everyone seems to be aware of the climb in the price we pay for the liter of gasoline we burn on useless cruising of excessivley potholed roads due to poor maintenance and incorrect road detours. Everybody is complaining about life in distress. Is this country really to blame?
I look around and began to see how people failed to see the goodness around them. Myself, for one, is lucky to survive the crisis. I have my job. I am paid well (at least for now). Definitely i can afford the price of gasoline that i will burn (but i know when and where to burn that precious liter).
I am driving my bike instead of walking under the sun. There might not be enough of what i have to boast but i definitely own more than enough to be sure there are myriads out there dying to trade places with me. I complain a lot. I complain about everything. But when i look around, those complaints were yet even a dream come true for others and they complain a lot where i got along easily (for one, i complained about my job when others complained how unfortunate they are for not having a job despite long search).
It's pathethic to hear people complain in front of others who wished to trade places with them. It's more pathetic when you complain when others look up to you saying "you don't know what you are complaining about".
Something tickled my imagination (i still could not decide wether that sexy back rider is beautiful or not) until i remembered the words "I complained because i have no shoes until i met a man who have no feet".
When things get rough, look around you. You will find that you have a lot that others wished for (that sexy back rider?).
Again, Damn this country? I don't think so.
"Gasoline price shoot up again today. Damn this country."
I gave the fellow a casual glance (I was actually checking the facial attributes of his back rider) and murmured to myself how ignorant and ungratefull is he.
Didn't he know that we may not have the highest standard of living, but here we are taking full control of our lives? Yes, the price of gasoline may have gone up again but that is beyond our control. OPEC (Oil Producing and Exporting Countries) demanded a raise in the cost we pay when we use their oil. Our dearest petrolium companies have no other choice but increase the per liter price consumers pay. Why blame this country?
Everyone seems to be aware of the climb in the price we pay for the liter of gasoline we burn on useless cruising of excessivley potholed roads due to poor maintenance and incorrect road detours. Everybody is complaining about life in distress. Is this country really to blame?
I look around and began to see how people failed to see the goodness around them. Myself, for one, is lucky to survive the crisis. I have my job. I am paid well (at least for now). Definitely i can afford the price of gasoline that i will burn (but i know when and where to burn that precious liter).
I am driving my bike instead of walking under the sun. There might not be enough of what i have to boast but i definitely own more than enough to be sure there are myriads out there dying to trade places with me. I complain a lot. I complain about everything. But when i look around, those complaints were yet even a dream come true for others and they complain a lot where i got along easily (for one, i complained about my job when others complained how unfortunate they are for not having a job despite long search).
It's pathethic to hear people complain in front of others who wished to trade places with them. It's more pathetic when you complain when others look up to you saying "you don't know what you are complaining about".
Something tickled my imagination (i still could not decide wether that sexy back rider is beautiful or not) until i remembered the words "I complained because i have no shoes until i met a man who have no feet".
When things get rough, look around you. You will find that you have a lot that others wished for (that sexy back rider?).
Again, Damn this country? I don't think so.
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