Throughout the internet, you may have noted, there are articles, posts, tweets, pictures - every possible media you could think of, in fact - ranting on and on about why everyone is selfish, selfish, selfish.
Why are we selfish?
"It's all very well you've broken up with your boyfriend. But it could be worse: there are children starving in Africa!"
Let me stop you right there.
There's a little thing that we all experience and fall victim to, dear friend, called perspective. Many will know exactly what I mean when I say this. It's your point of view, your experiences, your emotions, everything that makes up who you are.
So, what I am trying to say is, you perspective =/= the starving children in Africa.
Now, while it is terrible that there are people starving in the world, this person complaining about their recent break up is neither starving, nor a child in Africa (most likely), correct? Their perspective on their troubles means that they view it a terrible occurrence and are likely grieving or are in shock or they just need someone to listen to them. They do not want someone telling them to bugger off just because they're not in the worst possible condition they can be in and still be alive.
Please, never say this to anyone. They may not be dying now, but in worse-case scenarios, having no one to talk over stretches of time could lead to them feeling they are simply a nuisance and are not wanted. Possible depression. Et cetera.
Essentially what I am getting at here is: people can complain if they bloody well want to. And if you feel they don't have the right to, then neither do you, so you must never whine in you're caught in the rain with no umbrella.
Cheers.
-Hannah
