I get that most people want you to be unhappy with them. They want you to affirm their negative circumstances so they don’t feel alone. But I don’t want to do that anymore. I don’t want to be dragged down into that. I want to be happy! So I am! I guess if that means you float out of my life because you’d rather notice everything that’s “wrong” or “bad” instead of the many MANY things that are good, then, well… bye. It hurts, I’ll miss you but I can’t waste my energy arguing the case for being happy when you’re so damn sure you, I or anyone else has no right to be—not anymore. I’ve got things I want to do in my life. NEED to do. And whinin’, complainin’ and bitchin’ a blue streak ain’t gonna get it done, hon. Happiness is a habit. You choose it. You have every right to not choose it. But please stop trying to make it everyone else’s responsibility to drop everything they do and who they are make you feel better if, when you know you have another option, you’re going to choose to keep up your habit of living in a constant state of dissatisfaction. You’re doing it to yourself and it’s not anybody’s obligation to “make you feel better”– and they won’t be able to anyway. Nobody can really MAKE anybody else happy. You’re only happy with something when you choose to be. And when you’re someone that constantly looks for “what’s wrong”, nothing anybody does is ever going to be good enough anyway. So quite tiring people out with your whiny BS and get with the program. Unless, like many folks, you’re just too afraid to take responsibility for yourself, your thoughts, your actions, your words. Because that’s what true freedom is. It’s not in the money, or the great relationship, or the best job. It’s now—when you take responsibility and say, “I’m going to turn this mother around.” And then you do. And you quit blaming the world, your parents and/or the government of “robbing you” of your happiness. It all starts with you. Just you and only you. Your decision. To notice all the many things that are right in your life and the world around you or to dismiss it all and stew only about what’s not. Which one do you really think is going to work out better for you? How many years of your life do you really intend to waste? If you passed out of this earthly body right now, what’s it going to be for you? Regret for all the things you didn’t take time to appreciate or peace knowing you took nothing for granted? That’s all I’m trying to say and I know which one I’m going with. Life was never meant to be bad for you. Ever. It’s just a matter of where you pivot and what you choose to look at. One definitely feels better than the other and I’m tired of feeling like crap, and I’m certainly tired of you trying to argue with me as to why I should. It doesn’t feel good to feel bad. SO WHY KEEP IT UP???
