Please Take Your Cute Phrases and Shove ‘em…

OK, some of us just have a hard time with what we see as trite truisms and cringe every time we here “just for today,” “keep it simple stupid/silly,” and all the other regularly blurted expressions. We see them as glib, simplistic answers to life’s complex problems.

Frankly, I still get a little irked when I hear them, even after over 20 years of it. The way I sort of got over it was to remember: for some people those basic phrases, simple, uncomplicated, are what save them from themselves. Maybe I don’t need them, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important. Recognizing that was one more step toward getting over myself.