Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ten Ways to Make Yourself Miserable

• Forget the good things in life and concentrate on the bad.
• Put an excessive value on money.
• Think you are indispensable to your job, your community and your friends.
• Believe you are overburdened with work and that people tend to take advantage of you.
• Consider that you are exceptional and entitled to special privileges.
• Forget the feelings and rights of other people.
• Cultivate a consistently pessimistic outlook.
• Worry about things you cannot change.
• Never overlook a slight or forget a grudge.
• And don’t forget to feel sorry for yourself.