Im going to share this, although VERY personal, in case it helps someone because I am getting asked ALL the freaking time : why are you so positive? Are you really that happy all the time? No. Ive had more sadness and loss in 2 years than some dont even see in a lifetime. There were times when I would have preferred not to exist. I dont have any family that I am close to, although I love the ones that are left. And people dont usually understand or know how to deal with other peoples grief, so while I have the best people walking the planet as my friends, that was a path I had to walk pretty much alone. But I chose to see the good in my life and be truly thankful for that. Sometimes I was thankful for the colours when the sun shone through a water fountain. Sometimes I was thankful that my arms and legs move as they are designed. I was grateful for interactions with complete strangers - people who didnt know anything about me. I was thankful for every puppy, baby, bird or butterfly. Sometimes I was thankful that I got through a day without blubbering in front of a complete stranger or worse, a colleague. And by consciously choosing to see the good wherever possible, it became a habit. I rarely have to make myself do this any more - its my default setting now. I am not super-human, I still have times where I feel down, Im human and sometimes life is hard. But life is better when you choose to focus on joy and beauty rather than what we dont have and things that arent fair. There will ALWAYS be people far, far worse of than us, just wishing they had what we do.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:06:51 +0000
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