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Todays Something Positive comic reminds me of a thought I keep forgetting to put down in words so I'll do it now before I forget again. I have been in a good mood for the last 5 or 6 months because I had once again begun to remember, after a hiatus, that I am the master of my life. I choose and control how I feel about anything, heh, though oftimes I slip and old patterns of behaviour re-assert themselves.
Some have scoffed at my assertion of "Happiness is a Choice, Misery is not an Inevitability" by trying to point out that I can't deny that the actions of others can make you feel badly. I do deny this, and all I can say to this is that it must be terrible to be completely subject to the whims and fancies of another person. And so I really must counter your argument that other people can affect how you feel by pointing out that you have just as much power to choose not to let them affect you.
You just have to figure out who's stronger, you in choosing not to let them affect you, or you in choosing to let them affect you. *GRIN*
Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect in all of this. Lord knows I've slipped into feeling sorry for myself many a time. But once I realize I've slipped I shake it off as quick as I can. Life's too short to spend it moping around and being angry at people!
Some have scoffed at my assertion of "Happiness is a Choice, Misery is not an Inevitability" by trying to point out that I can't deny that the actions of others can make you feel badly. I do deny this, and all I can say to this is that it must be terrible to be completely subject to the whims and fancies of another person. And so I really must counter your argument that other people can affect how you feel by pointing out that you have just as much power to choose not to let them affect you.
You just have to figure out who's stronger, you in choosing not to let them affect you, or you in choosing to let them affect you. *GRIN*
Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect in all of this. Lord knows I've slipped into feeling sorry for myself many a time. But once I realize I've slipped I shake it off as quick as I can. Life's too short to spend it moping around and being angry at people!