Actually, good advice. One definition of stress is when expectation and reality differ. The solution is to accept reality. One definition of depression is when expectation and reality differ and you are powerless to change it.
Paul sang it’s getting better-John replied it couldn’t get any worse! Trump said free the prisoners, Raul you want them all, you got them all…on the next boat.
Rat isn’t actually far off. Surrendering expectations, perfectionism, and our own plans is actually a huge part of 12 step programs and many psychotherapy philosophies and religions.
BE THIS GUY almost 8 years ago
Also, alcohol.
Oshietekun almost 8 years ago
We used to have a sign in our university apartment, “When all else fails, lower your standards”.
waycyber almost 8 years ago
Actually, good advice. One definition of stress is when expectation and reality differ. The solution is to accept reality. One definition of depression is when expectation and reality differ and you are powerless to change it.
knight1192a almost 8 years ago
Is he sure the title isn’t “How to Appreciate Rat”?
blunebottle almost 8 years ago
Actually, amazingly, Rat’s got it right. Too many princesses in this world. And princes.
cdgar almost 8 years ago
My standards are already pretty low. All I need is my monthly SS check and my continued good health. I happily do the rest.
charne almost 8 years ago
The Presidential election in a nutshell! Rat nails it.
buddha111 almost 8 years ago
Paul sang it’s getting better-John replied it couldn’t get any worse! Trump said free the prisoners, Raul you want them all, you got them all…on the next boat.
juicebruce almost 8 years ago
Happiness is an inside job…………….
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 8 years ago
You cannot improve the Tao or change it.
You can only observe it and flow with it.
carlosrivers almost 8 years ago
that IS it! too many people make their standards to be THE BEST OF EVERYTHING! you can live a great life by living simply…
TossedSaladCartoon almost 8 years ago
Also works for dating…
tripwire45 almost 8 years ago
Become trailer trash.
IQTech61 almost 8 years ago
I disagree with rat. Instead of lowering your standards, raise your gratitude.
me almost 8 years ago
Wake them — he’s trolling for them.
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 8 years ago
Slogan from a T-shirt: There are two ways to be happy: Have more, or desire less.
3pibgorn9 almost 8 years ago
The secret of life, aye.
Larry_Olsen almost 8 years ago
This is really a very fundamental truth. It is like the advice on how to create the perfect world…simply change your perceptions.
Rocky Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Out-freaking-standing!Rat has done it again!
Yoshi64 almost 8 years ago
Thanks for that……………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Yup thanks.
Number Three almost 8 years ago
I no longer have positive thoughts about something unless I’m absolutely sure they are going to happen.
If that makes me a negative person so be it.
xxx
OldGunny almost 8 years ago
Please, let’s not start with the leftist whining again.
CalLadyQED almost 8 years ago
Rat isn’t actually far off. Surrendering expectations, perfectionism, and our own plans is actually a huge part of 12 step programs and many psychotherapy philosophies and religions.
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
Rat seems to have a pretty low opinion of things around him. He may be justified….
Sherlock Watson almost 8 years ago
Actually, this isn’t too far from the solution in James Hilton’s Lost Horizon; moderation in all things.
CalLadyQED almost 8 years ago
When people tell me I’m a perfectionist, I feel like they are reading from Rat’s book.
Ernest Lemmingway over 7 years ago
I find PBS funny. How much lower can my standards get?