Its the worst.

So, today I was working with Micheal (Colleague/ friend) who was tediously making coffees one after another. He must have made at-least fifty coffees in one hours. Ofcourse, one understands that it can be very monotonous, I know it, I have been in his position n number of times. But is it the worst? While making those coffees he said," Making coffees is the worst job in the world" and I asked him if he genuinely felt that way or was he just saying it for the heck of it. He genuinely felt that it was the worst.

 Now, seriously think about it...how many times we use these words..."Its the worst " in a day. My guess far to many times to even remember, like when you get paper cuts, or you get a flu, or if your steak was overcooked, these are a few examples that I have heard in one day. Is it really the worst?  Think about the people who get injured and lose their limbs, think of the people who lay in bed for almost half their lives fighting cancer, think of the people who cannot even afford to buy a slice of bread. Suddenly making fifty coffees for which you are getting paid doesn't seem that bad, does it?

In our day to day lives we choose these words and usually even feel strongly towards it without even realising what it means or without putting much thought into it. I realised how wrong it is to use these phrases when I was coming back from work one night in a train. I was sitting next to a bunch of young girls who were just returning from a night club. They kept complaining how there shoes hurt because they had been wearing heals for so long, and one of them started complaining about how her toe was weird and that IT WAS THE WORST. An old man sitting next to them was listening to their conversations and was smiling. Everything seemed just perfectly fine with him and there was nothing unusual about him but when he arrived at his station he got up and said," Darling, that toe of yours is beautiful and trust me Its not the worst...this is". He lifted his pant and we saw an artificial leg. One can only imagine what he must have gone through or what he felt when he lost his leg.  All I am saying is we should be grateful for what ever we have. Nothing is the worst if you don't think of it so. Life will never be perfect but if you take it in a good stride everything would seem so.