Monday, June 2, 2008

Are YOU a 'Whenwe'?


The other day I posted a blog about the time that I lived in Rhodesia, and that reminded me about a particular type of person who could often be found living there. They came from all sorts of backgrounds and from a variety of countries, although those from the UK were probably the most prevalent, and they all belonged to a group of people who were known as 'Whenwe's'.

Whenever they started to get into a conversation with you it was easy to see how they earned the sobriquet, for it would not be very long when they started to talk about a subject before they started to say of it, "When we . . ." It was "When we lived in England we did this." or "When we went to ---- we saw/did/ate/thought/etc." I'm sure that you get the idea!

The problem with these people was that they seemed unable to be satisfied with where they were or what they had. They always talked about where they had been previously as being better than where they were now, or claimed that what they used to have was far better/far bigger/etc than what they currently had. It's a bad trait in some people to never ever be satisfied with what they have at the time, yet the moment that you have something, whatever it is, is surely the finest moment to appreciate it as it is, 'faults and all', so to speak.

if you go through life wishing for times/places/things/people/situations/etc that used to be then you will never manage to find the time to appreciate the gifts and blessings of today. The truth is that yesterday is gone and tomorrow is yet to come, so that only leaves today, so today
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!

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