uninspiring, unecouraging, and demotivating but funny

February 28, 2010

It has been several years since I stopped believing every New Year’s eve that the coming year’s gonna be great to me and to my family. It never happens. At most, it was an OK year. This is not cynicism, though I have accused myself of that several times. Perhaps it might be classified more as realism; in reality, it’s hard to believe so much only to be disappointed in the end. Yeah, chickenshit. Might as well surprise myself.

This isn’t to say I have lost hope in all things. It’s just my spirits aren’t as high as before. (I miss those days.) I would believe more in unicorns than in changes of human behavior. This isn’t gullibility; this is reality.

In all life’s drudgery and despair, saved only by simple precious pleasures in life, pep talks by family, friends, and even by huge billboards with life insurance quote abound. Essential for survival, I guess. But me and my friends like posting on our shoutouts, uninspiring, unencouraging, and totally demotivating quotes. Apparently, they seem more real than the inspirational talks on life and love. Surprisingly, rather than walking on downtrodden paths, they make us laugh.

Some that elicited the best laughs (and a little ouch!) we’ve had so far are as follows:

Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.

Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.

Because nothing says “you’re a loser” more than owning a motivational poster about being a winner.

Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid.

Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.

I wonder if I was laughing at the lines or at myself.