Attitude

I love listening to Dennis Prager. In part because I agree with him so often, in part because he never resorts to name-calling, and in part because he expresses himself so very well. But mostly, I love listening to him because he talks about anything and everything, and I always figured if I did a talk show I would want it to have the that kind of variety.

Today, I caught him just for a moment talking to Larry Miller, a comedian who has just released a book titled Spoiled Rotten America: Outrages of Everyday Life. Miller made an interesting comment. He says there are 2 types of people in the world (when a comedian says this, you brace for the punch line): those who, when faced with the thousands of tiny irritations in life find the ability to laugh, and those who get frustrated (look ma, no punch line!). And I got to thinking: I probably come down 50/50 on that, getting frustrated about half the time. So now I have a new goal in life: I'm going to become more intentional at allowing myself to laugh at the little irritations. It's probably a lot more fun to live that way, and I might find that people like hanging out with me a bit more.