Grateful...

True. But appreciating what (little) you have is very important for being happy. You can be happy while trying to make things better than the shit-show it is now.

Just because it's better, doesn't mean it's good.

Well, can't stop now, it's my coping mechanism.

I mean, you kind of do. If there are people working hard to keep actual harm from being done to you and you spit in their face, that's just moronic.

Exactly. When I take a morning off to ski before work and the snow isn't ideal, I'll remember I don't have to be grateful.

Tell that to my mother.

Skeletor should be grateful he's not this Skeletor.