On complaining about the weather
As humans, we love to complain about things all the time. Sometimes about things that are within our control, but more often, about things that are completely beyond our reach. Things like the weather. It would be obvious to point out that such complaints are useless. After all, we do not control the weather. What do we hope to get out of complaining about something like this? The most obvious answer would be self-satisfaction. We may be displeased about the weather, and venting our feelings about it is a way to relieve this pain and stress that we involuntarily feel about the weather. And so you might say, this is all well and good because complaining has an obvious benefit: it makes us feel better. Or does it? Though we may get a temporary, momentary pleasure in indulging in our misery, it does not address the root cause of the problem. Something we humans are really good at doing is applying temporary short-term solutions to problems that make us feel good immediately withou...