Before measuring the public's happiness, Britain needs a PMA!

More than ever before we now need a (PMA) positive mental attitude in Britain, and in my opinion, before talking about the public’s happiness, we need to find our get up and go and address our whinging. Britons are renowned for complaining about the weather and most things for a laugh. It was endearing, cute and even funny (ha-ha) to watch, hear and join in its fun, down the pub and in social gatherings. Complaining became the third sport for many to indulge in, similar to football and cricket – a pastime people lightly engaged in but quickly forgot about and moved on to more important matters.

Not now, not anymore, these days we are over the top with our whinging and complaining. It’s no longer cute, like an epidemic sweeping the nation and infecting people of all ages and from all walks of life. It became an excuse to hang on every problem. Yes times are hard and folks need to release some steam. However, lately, it seems, we complain about everything and anything and do it constantly – the weather, the government, our lives, our work, our kids, our schools, the NHS, Europe, housing, our pensions, the Olympics…. just everything. Nothing and no one is safe. But that is it, we seriously just complain, not constructively, not offering any solutions or remedies! We are sadly becoming just negative. We dislike everything and everyone, and it seems we have nothing good or nice to say about anything anymore!

There is no balance whatsoever – surely not everything in all our lives is almost always bad? But that’s how we paint it and how it appears to outsiders looking in and listening to us!? Especially when most of the world is going through a similar tough time and unlike most, we happen to have one of the best social security blankets to catch us when we fall. Even that safety blanket, that generous welfare estate – which many other nations can’t even dream of – is not safe from our relentless complaining, yet we offer no alternatives beside just moan and grumble!

Long ago, I learnt that we make our own luck; we think it, believe it, work for it and slowly but gradually make it happen and when it does, talk it and built it up – if it doesn’t happen then the satisfaction come from knowing we gave it all and did the best we could. Everyone should have a dream and work it; wish it into happening and when it does nurture it. The same applies to lack of luck. If we are always negative, only see, feel and expect bad things to happen – then only negative will happen and equally if we foster negative, it will flourish.

The sun is out and life is good. The glass is always half full and life is what you make it. We have one life to live and it’s up to us what to make of it even when times are hard. Keep smiling and stay positive!