Thinking about optimism, fate, destiny, pessimism leads one naturally to the topic of whining. I would argue that while it is not true that we have no control over our fate/destiny, it is also true that we can respond to it in various ways. First, we can try to change things (undue what we did that led to where we are--which is impossible probably), or we can accept things, or we can ignore things, or we can whine.
Women are usually said to be the fine whiners; however, it has been my experience that men can whine when they either make a choice they no longer want to live with or end up somewhere they do not want to be because they did not actually make a choice.
One has to wonder if: Individuals who make noble choices ever regret those choices and begin to whine about them.
or
Individuals who refuse to actually make a choice or who make a foolish one always whine?
What do you think?
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A fine whine has drawn no response, even though I heard promises that hoards of women would log on to discuss this topic that is central to all of our lives. Hum? No whiners out there who think it is a noble profession?
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