At dinner one evening, at a nice restaurant, I couldn’t help but watch the table next to us. There were eight people, and they were all enjoying the evening.

They all ordered the lobster.

“How do you make the lobster?” I heard one of the women ask the waiter.
“How do we make it?” the assistant waiter repeated.

“We catch it and cook it,” she said to the table, and then rolled her eyes as she walked away.

Jon ordered the lobster also, and was very happy with his dinner.

About thirty minutes later, the table was served beautiful plates of lobster. After everyone was served, and started eating, the waiter came around and asked how dinner was.

“It’s terrible,” said one woman at the table, “I don’t like the lobster.”
“I don’t like it either,” said the woman next to her.

It seemed to be almost unanimous that no one at the table liked the lobster.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” said the waiter, “Can I bring you something else?”

They decided on another dish, and he went to get it. As he came over to the assistant waiter, we heard him tell her what to go get them, and to bring him a Xanax on the side.

It was quite entertaining for us, and of course, Jon couldn’t help but inform the waiter that he absolutely loved his lobster.

There wasn’t anything wrong with it. In fact, another man across from us, agreed that the lobster was fabulous.

But some people just can’t be happy. No matter where they are, what they’re doing, or who they’re with, some people always have to complain, find a problem, or create one.

I felt sorry for the staff who was working incredibly diligently to make this table happy. I couldn’t help but think how sad it was to waste all of the lobster that was quickly taken off the table, soon to be replaced with another huge quantity of food.

I don’t want to travel through life looking for problems. I want to expect the best, enjoy where I am, and have fun. I recognize there will always be “issues” that pop up. That’s just life. But if we commit to looking at things in a positive manner, complain a little less, and look for the good all around us, we’ll probably be a little happier.

And who wouldn’t want that?

Find meaning each day,

Dara