There was a comment I ran across on Facebook that seemed to perfectly sum up an attitude that ruins the lives of an enormous number of people, so it seemed worth talking about, especially since it appears to be INCREASINGLY COMMON among younger generations of Americans:
First of all, the best way to really suffer in life is to embrace the illusion that you can get through life without suffering.
To get that point across, let me tell you about the vacation I went on in Iceland at the end of last month.
Less than two weeks before the trip, I got a message from my airline saying there was a potential strike the day before my flight and that they weren’t canceling it, but I could move it because the flight might not happen. Also, unspoken was the fact that I might not be able to get back on the airline I had bought a ticket with. It was too late to cancel my hotel, and they were difficult to reach, but to avoid the possibility of missing my vacation, I ended up having to move my trip up thre…
