The moment of accomplishment and a sense of contentment can be hard to define. Sometimes it is a long and arduous journey and a thankless task, that only a few people really care about, hopefully you have met some great people along the way and reached a point where you can pat yourself on the back. I remember hearing that self praise is no praise, and I used to subscribe to that way of thinking but now I think that you should not be so hard on yourself and take a few moments and really appreciate the skills and relationships that you have. If you had a blank sheet of paper and mapped out a life plan for yourself, what would it look like? I think people generally start their day off quite optimistically and then, as it slowly degenerates, you get disappointed in other human being's behavior, whether someone cut your off on the highway, line jumped the coffee line, or someone completely dropped you in it at work or at home. These would not show up in the life plan. I usually hate sports analogies but whoever said that ' Football is a simple game, only complicated by the presence of the opposition' got it just about right. I hope he pats himself on the back this morning! There is so much work to be done to allow everyone to pat themselves on the back, but I think a small step in the right direction is to acknowledge the good stuff, acknowledge the bad stuff and keep yourself excited enough to keep on trying to make a positive difference, even if no one else notices, some people are just too busy making themselves great, others are too busy just trying to survive, so take a moment, give yourself a pat on the back, you probably deserve it.
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