Is life hard or are we all just whinners who make life seem bad when realistically we got it really good?

People will always find something to complain about. They could live in the largest house, eat the best food, be in a loving relationship, have more money than they know what to do with and still they'd moan about how annoying opening a milk carton is or how they're irritated by a tune on a commercial. It's human nature and it's not necessarily a bad thing. If noone ever complained, (whether about war and famine or the people next door playing their music too loudly), nobody would ever try to change anything.

Life is what you make of it. You are totally in control of that (unless you are living in a domineering or fascist place), because being upset about the world is an emotional response you give. You have an option to enjoy life, but not every one wants that; some people prefer to be miserable, because it's much easier to blend into the angst, it gives them something to think about, to make life seem less boring. Basically, YES, we whine too much...

i think that it's a little bit of both. It's hard to see life as all peaches and cream just because other people are worse off than us, but at the same time, we do have it really really good. (although some may think that our government has some serious flaws :) )

I think it is important to focus on the positives in life, because when one looks for good things, they don't have time to look at all the bad things.

We all fall on hard times. The best of us have a variety of problems at some time or another. With me it's health problems.

I Got some cheese to go with that wine!

Life is hard. And we're whiners. What's your point?

We have more blessings than you think! Just think of them!