[This cartoon went out in today’s newsletter, with the following commentary:PERSONAL DRAMA
Why are some people such drama queens?
Why do some people get so obsessed with the little stuff, the gossip, who said what to who, who’s sleeping with who, who’s no longer sleeping with who…?
The short answer: Because it gives them something to do.
Life is short. You’d think we would have learned by now, how to make better use of our VERY limited time here on Earth.
Apparently not…
There’s a great video about this very thing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMh94RLkcdY
[…] Hugh McLeod posted a couple of days ago: Why are some people such drama queens? Why do some people get so obsessed with the little stuff, the gossip, who said what to who, who’s sleeping with who, who’s no longer sleeping with who…? The short answer: Because it gives them something to do. Life is short. You’d think we would have learned by now, how to make better use of our VERY limited time here on Earth. […]
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Perspective is a good thing. And a hard thing.
Not so long ago, in evolutionary terms, we moved in groups of no more than 150 people, and personal drama wasn’t something we could easily get away from.
As long as somebody’s preoccupation with their own drama doesn’t blind them to the importance of other things, I can forgive them for it.