Happiness is just a state of mind.
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hackthis_archiveThere seems to be a lot of discontent and unhappiness brewing right now, and I know things are hard for people. They're always hard; that's life. But. I think that if you're alive right now you should be happy, some people aren't. I think that if you've got a job that pays you something and you can buy food, you're doing better than a lot of people.
If you've got a roof over your head, again, you're doing better than most of mankind.
There are a lot of people who don't have any of the things that you might take for granted.
Life's not perfect. People aren't perfect. Perfection is something someone invented to make people think they should be dissatisfied. Don't buy into it. Don't think perfect skin and the perfect body will make you happier -- they won't. Don't think that things will be perfect one day if you have that particular job or that particular partner or that particular materialistic item. That's not how it works.
Ten pounds don't make that much of a difference.
If you have a family or a lover or a partner or just one friend who loves you for who you are then take comfort in that. You don't have to be loved by everybody, but it does help to be loved by somebody. You don't have to be happy all the time, or most of the time, or even some of the time. Just try to be content. The rest will come. Just hang in there and give it some time.
Post script: I watched The O.C. finale. My final thought was 'huh.'
If you've got a roof over your head, again, you're doing better than most of mankind.
There are a lot of people who don't have any of the things that you might take for granted.
Life's not perfect. People aren't perfect. Perfection is something someone invented to make people think they should be dissatisfied. Don't buy into it. Don't think perfect skin and the perfect body will make you happier -- they won't. Don't think that things will be perfect one day if you have that particular job or that particular partner or that particular materialistic item. That's not how it works.
Ten pounds don't make that much of a difference.
If you have a family or a lover or a partner or just one friend who loves you for who you are then take comfort in that. You don't have to be loved by everybody, but it does help to be loved by somebody. You don't have to be happy all the time, or most of the time, or even some of the time. Just try to be content. The rest will come. Just hang in there and give it some time.
Post script: I watched The O.C. finale. My final thought was 'huh.'
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Date: 2005-05-20 04:00 pm (UTC)A few weeks ago someone said, "I'm at a bad place in my life and I don't like it." All I could do was look at her and think, "YOU are in a bad place? A child in Darfur is in a bad place. A Palestinian living in a slum is in a bad place. You're just self-pitying, melodramatic, and unappreciative. Most people would give their right hand to have your type of problems."