However, I hate people complaining about their health or lack thereof. I hate it.
If I have learned anything in the last 3 years it would be an affirmation of the how incredibly true this quote is:
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
Last Thursday I was in a class where for about 20 minutes I listened to a girl complain about how many doctors she has seen lately because she gets vertigo when she eats sugar. 20 minutes she complained about how hard her life is now that she can't eat sugar, but she doesn't care because she still eats it anyways and "who cares if the world is flipped upside down, right?!" Now, I 'm not saying I never complain to my husband or close friends about it, but to publicly complain only makes you look foolish. I agree, it would be hard to have sugar induced vertigo, but at the same time I think she should be grateful that's all it is, because heaven knows it could be far worse.
Now from my experiences with health problems I have learned a great deal. Much of it I wish I never needed to learn, but I am also so very grateful for the incredibly large amount that I am not forced to learn about. My health has taught be a lot, but the very most important and valuable lesson I have learned was shortly after being diagnosed with MS two years ago. Yes, I have health problems, but there is, and always will be, somebody next to me who has it worse, who is far more progressed, who is declining, who is in pain, who is terminal. I learned to never, ever utter a complaint about how bad you may have it, because the person sitting next to you is most likely fighting a harder battle.
Be thankful your battle is what it is, because it could always be worse.
