So, I'm often asked, "Why are you always happy?" I always answer, "Why not?" If I want to have a horrible day, I can. Personally, I'd rather have a great day. I can't control many of the events that will transpire throughout any given day. The only power I have over these events is how I choose to react to them.
For example, several weeks ago... one of your friends, who is one of the best people in the world, dies much too young... a great guy tells you (again) that he doesn't like and never will... you injure your knee so badly that anytime it moves in any way, it makes the worst noise you've ever heard... your boss's boss's boss is bothering the hell out of you... the ultra conservative judge denies you deferred adjudication and orders you to pay your traffic fine... etc (there's a few more things, I'll just leave it at that, you get the picture though)... all of this occurring in the course of a 24 hour period of time. Now I'm going to be honest, this was not the making of a great day; however, rather than let these events, which were outside of my control (maybe knee thing was self-inflicted), destroy me emotionally, I simply looked at what was going right in my life. I have a great job, many friends who care about me, fun ferrets, etc...
You only have control over so much. If you want to be miserable, go ahead. It's your right to feel how you choose. I choose to be happy! Why not?
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In theory I agree with everything you said, but I dont think you are really always happy. You might *act* ok, but that dosent mean you are. I think it is good to stay on the positive side of life - but that dosent mean not dealing with the crap. I do admit that your attitude is much to be admired!
I'm not truly *always* happy, but I am a lot of the time. Hell, no one is always happy! That would be awesome though!
For a long time, you are absolutely correct, I did mostly just *act* ok, when really I was not ok at all. After several months of that, the *act* actually started to rub off. The fake smiles became genuine smiles... the happy *act* became me actually feeling happy.
It was a pleasant surprise! I was not expecting that to happen! In no way am I trying to say I have found a cure to depression... I haven't. I've simply stumbled across something (by accident) that helped me. :-)
I dont know if it would be awesome, how would you know the pleasure of being happy if you didnt know the pain of sadness?
You're absolutely correct! You cannot know happiness without sadness! That's why I always say, you sometimes need the bad days so that you can truly appreciate the good ones.
All I'm getting at is that you don't need to be completely consumed by the bad. Know it and learn from it.
How much was the fine???
It was $195 for the ticket and an extra $5 for paying with a credit card! Williamson County SUCKS!!! :-P
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