 Not all bad things are bad for you
That's the main reason why I've given up on complaining (for the most part anyway): not all bad things that happen in your life are actually bad for you. Some times it just takes a while to see it.
My car's engine broke down earlier this year. The engine turned out to be a total loss and the cost to have it replaced would have been close to what I paid for the entire car when I bought it. At the time, I had just sold my old house, incurring a major loss on the sale, so I just could not afford another large expense. After taking a long hard look at my justifications for having a car, which were really negligible, I decided the best course for me would be to ditch the thing at the scrap yard. Now, some months later, it turns out that I really don't have a need for a car at all. Plus I ended up going on a nice vacation from the money I saved from no longer having to pay for the upkeep of a car.
So, in the end, loosing the car was a good thing - even though I felt pretty bad when it happened.
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