{"id":8063,"date":"2021-01-29T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:03","slug":"easy-and-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8063","title":{"rendered":"EASY &#8230; AND FUN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the Twitter accounts I follow simply tweets a quote from the Simpsons TV show each day. A lot of the quotes would probably be funnier to me if I was more familiar with the show itself and had some context. But this one struck me as downright hilarious:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_20200927-124520_Twitter-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"483\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do we spend so much time criticizing other people? (I mean, besides the fact that it is so easy and fun.)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have become sensitized over the past year to just how quick people are to run down a person behind his or her back. It does not seem to matter if the offender has committed a little offense or a big one, each will be a topic of conversation. Repeatedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much damage can be done in a short time. Critical words are\u00a0poisonous, even in small doses. And they are poisonous to the &#8220;offender&#8221;, the speaker, and the listeners. All sides are diminished when critical thoughts and words are entertained.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lately, I have made a conscious decision to do battle with the temptation in my own heart to criticize and complain. I like to think that I have made some progress. Tomorrow I am going to make a concerted effort to say something positive to co-workers about a situation that has had me grousing lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I anticipate that it will not be quite as fun or easy as complaining. But I know this: it will be good for my soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the Twitter accounts I follow simply tweets a quote from the Simpsons TV show each day. A lot of the quotes would probably be funnier to me if I was more familiar with the show itself and had some context. But this one struck me as downright hilarious: Why do we spend so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8065,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063\/revisions\/8065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}