We shall see
I wish I'd written this:Truly we should be thankful. And we do try to be. But the English language is so rich in terms of complaint and insult and groaning and rather sparse in the Exaltation Dept., so the Lord doesn't get praised as He should. Instead, we bellyache, we kvetch, we get our undies in a bunch. After all, we're descended from people who considered rejoicing to be bad luck: It tempts fate. So they grumbled about the weather, politicians, children, popular music, new cars, anything modern, and complained about their health year after year until they died and went to heaven, where no doubt they are a little edgy even now -- nice place, paradise -- a little surprised at who else is here, harrumph, harrumph, but never mind -- plenty of bliss, no tears and so forth -- not sure how long it can last, but we shall see.
Garrison Keillor at Salon.com
posted by Brindle | 12:21 PM
4 Comments:
I know what he means - see my last post. At the same time, negativity is greatly underrated, especially in the US where the dictatorial power of "positive thinking" must just compound the misery of people who are in real pain. I think we should be glad that the language expresses a full range of emotions... After all, while happiness is a great state to experience, it's inevitably less interesting to hear about!
Of course it does!
When you train CELTA, you feel as if moaning is the human condition!
Yes...It's a bit like sport. It's there to make you realise how much fun you're having the rest of the time.
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