13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon (Genesis 40).
Yes, he acknowledged his unpleasant situation and we see him here actively trying to better his benighted circumstances by leveraging the help of a guy who might be able to help him. In fact, it was in the very act of magnifying his calling in that dungeon that he say a sliver of light and a possible way out. But he did not dwell on his sad circumstances to the point that they consumed him. He got up every day and did the best he could under the circumstances. I hope I can emulate this example in my life, in good times and especially in bad times.
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