You’re probably wondering what the heck I’m doing. I just wrote Ending the Happiness Deficit and now I’m defending sadness. Am I crazy? Well, maybe just a little.
First let me clear one thing up. Despite what your average Thesaurus will tell you, I don’t agree that sadness is the opposite of happiness. For me whining is the opposite of happiness. We choose to whine. We take a perfectly good day and make it into an unhappy one. Disagree with me if you must, but I’m declaring whining to be the opposite of happiness.
Continue reading » In Defense of Sadness
Get On With It!
Get over it El
Haiku ku away angst
Do best and move on
Duck and cover
Good morning sunshine
Sitting at desk catching up
Sun through clouds in eyes
Not what planned
Early evening
Want to veg for hour or so
Instead fix dead car
End of day
Another day bites dust
Where did my time go go go
Did I do anything
I be grumpy this morning. It’s one of those days when the whole world seems prickly; seems like everyone I encounter is a bit sharp and sensitive – me especially. It’s like wandering my way through a huge old, rocky patch of prickly pear cactus – desperately uncomfortable and a bit scary! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Continue reading » Prickly This Morning
Do cheerful people make you crazy? My neighbor, Janice was born cheerful. Like everyone else she has bad days, but overall she’s a cheerful person. She comes by it naturally. Her mother, Joy, is a naturally cheerful person too. They’re not necessarily conscious of it, but when faced with adversity, these two explore the possibilities and execute a plan. They know that not everything can be fixed and they also know that expecting a positive outcome helps them create a positive outcome.
Continue reading » Why Optimism?
This weekend I learned something very important about myself. Although I’m a tough broad, when I get discouraged, I back away from things that I can’t figure out. No doubt my friends and family could already tell you that, but I FINALLY got it this weekend. It came in the form of working on “the business.”
Having officially launched our blog, Ellie and I now have to find ways to get lots more people to come read it. Because the internet is world wide – as in World Wide Web (www) – there is the potential to reach out to people throughout the English speaking world. Every time someone searches they get page after page of stuff, so the challenge is figuring out how to help people find us more easily. We’re still learning about how to reach the people who will care about what we have to say.
Continue reading » A Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious
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