Mopin' and Hopin'

4/15/2013

I have written previously about my concern over many of today's youth who are seemingly unfocused, moping around claiming to be bored, and married to mindless television watching and video games.  As I was reading Col Lee Ellis' fine book (I have referenced it before), I was taken by his mantra that, "Success and happiness do not accrue from a passive approach to life but from an active approach."  One doesn't find a job, change careers, find a mate, or achieve success and happiness by sitting home moping and hoping.  "Mopin and hopin" are foundations for under-achievement, sedentary life styles, and unfulfilling lives.  Moving, doing, going, and other forms of action are the antidotes for low self-esteem emanating from a passive approach to living.