I have yet to meet a single person who complained enough to change the weather.

I have met many people who complain all the time about it…

“It’s too hot,”
“It’s freezing,”
“Stupid rain,”

Or any other multitude number of observations they turn into gripes. But, I have yet to see the weather change because of said griping.

(Fascinating side note: An academic once suggested to me the reason Canadians seem so united on issues or willing to show compassion to another person is because we all united under a common enemy: the weather. Not sure if they’re right, but it is interesting to think about.)

What does a topic as inconsequential as the weather have to do with anything?

Because there’s just so much in life you have no control over, has little to no impact on you personally, and yet, we attempt to reason, yell, plead or work ourselves up over it.

We let it get to us, delve into our minds and literally let it ruin our days…weeks… sometimes years.

This isn’t to say we shouldn’t fight for change. It means we need to stop worrying about trivial details that we can’t change. Celebrity gossip, for instance, is thrown in our face as if it affects the fabric of the universe.

People yelling at each other on social media?
As long as social media exists, that’s never going away.

Your workplace instituted a new policy based on some fad?
It’ll run its course and be replaced by something else soon enough.

At the end of the day, there are people who complain about bullshit and try to fight it… and there are people who work through it and find another way.

Since you can’t fight it, find another way.