Some people LOVE to be down. They think down is the safest place because they can’t fall any further. If they tried to get up, they might fall again, so staying down is their favourite place. I leave those folks alone, for the most part. I might try some verbal encouragement, then some tough love.. but when I start to hear the whiny excuses, I think to myself, ‘I have a full time job keeping MYSELF going, so I don’t really have time for this.’ No kicking… just a pat pat on the head and a quick walk away, because I have to save myself these days.