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read in a comment on a blog something to the effect that a person who is always positive or happy
will sooner or later break and show their true colors. WHAT
HOGWASH!!! No I'm not happy, or positive, 24/7, 365 days a year, 366 in a
Leap Year--and I certainly won't be happy when I have to get up at 8 AM
tomorrow morning to go to the dentist to get my cracked bridge fixed
but I will be happy again when I go to Cheddar's with Allen for
lunch--IF the bridge is fixed! I find it sort of odd
that some people resent me for being a happy, positive, satisfied with
life person--are they jealous? Envious? Afraid that they will not be
happy?
I've
been called 'bitter', 'insecure', 'feeling superior', 'crochety',
'senile'
and so forth, usually by people who are so unhappy with their own life
they have to lash out. They seem to be caught in the "Yes, but..." and
busy in collecting supposed injustices. They are stuck in a life they
are dissatisfied with but aren't willing to change or doing a thing
about it by using excuses or blaming someone else.
I was raised
by a mother who the more miserable she was the happier she was if that
makes sense. I had that attitude until I was 31 and underwent a physical
change, went into therapy for help and had to change my whole mindset.
As
bad as things got for me along the way I did something about
it--sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. In one case I left a city
and moved to another without a penny in my pocket. I broke a very
negative relationship because the wear and tear mentally wasn't worth
whatever 'benefits' I got from the relationship and I, literally, lost a
million dollars plus by walking away.
Change didn't
come over night--it took time and a lot of work on my part but the
journey was worth it.
There are people richer, in things, than me, smarter
than me, but they are so angry they don't enjoy what they have and can
do.
I have a lot of empathy for someone in a bad situation but
not when they keep whining about it and are not willing to take the
steps to
change.
It's okay if you want to
hate me, try to put me down because I am happy but that isn't doing
anything for your situation. I would much rather you expand your
energy on correcting your own situation instead of lashing out at
others.
I am 74--have a great roof over my head--food in my
belly--friends to die for--places to go, things to do and more people to
meet.
All I wish for unhappy people is that they take stock of
what they can do, the first steps they can take and start now--yes, it
is scary giving up what you are familiar with no matter how negative the
situation but I would rather you be hated for being happy than being
unhappy yourself.