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A not-so-wise man once observed that life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone. That person is now dead. Actually he isn't, but he's lived a life of debauchery and he will be dead soon.
Children do not give you hope, but they do give you a legacy. There are other ways of making a legacy, of course. The thing you might not realize is that we all get to the point you're at now, but children actually get you there *faster*. This is because when you have children you come *much* sooner to the realization that you aren't going back to the life you had in your 20's (or whatever).
So you move past it. I started on that path a little over eight years ago and I'm still not quite there yet.
What I can tell you, from my experience and that of others ... and I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but you've come to expect that from me ... is that the single biggest thing you can do to improve your mood, is to quit Facebook. Not social media in general, not the online life in general, but Facebook specifically.
It's designed to reprogram your happiness around directed and targeted dopamine hits, which totally throws off your ability to regulate your mood everywhere else. I am not exaggerating.
Meanwhile, and at the risk of sounding corny, know that you are loved. By the people around you, by the people here, and by me. I'm not ashamed to say it. We are better for having you in our lives, even if it is only via a screen most of the time.
Heh... not planning on dying anytime soon, to be clear.
Just seeing a lot of death around me lately.
But thank you all, regardless. I'm kinda hoping my sense of humor will kick in and find the funny a bit more easily soon.
(Melvin's father died, and I'm very concerned about the health of a close friend's partner, all of which piles on behind other bad news over the last three or four years).
Yes, it's sad to see what's happening to some loved ones (my Dad had two strokes and took a header down a full flight os stairs last year and was also diagnosed with Parkinsons...) But overall? Life is good.
To quote a favorite book of mine "Forward momentum".
My condolences to you and Melvin.
I have found as I get older I am more susceptible to feeling down. However, I try to use the power of positive thinking to pull myself out of it. I go find something to do, something that makes me happy. Sometimes it is just sitting down, reading, and petting the cat. Sometimes it is playing with the dog. Sometimes it is firing up a game, getting on Discord and talking with people while playing. But that is just me and what I find that helps sometimes.
I have been taking pleasure from more simple things of late.
I have found that happiness is the weight of a contented cat, sleeping on my lap.
Fleeb, My love to Melvin, and yourself, we are indeed richer for having you among us.
I have found that happiness is the weight of a contented cat, sleeping on my lap.
Agreed. There are few things in life more happy than stroking a nice soft pu-- oops, wrong room.
Thanks, all... I realize I didn't exactly write something as chipper as I normally prefer to write, but I guess I just felt rather down, and expressed myself a bit too well as I wrote about it.
I think I can still find the funny out there. I think I still have a bit of inspired silliness left in me. I think... I could murder a chocolate cake right about now, if I weren't on a diet.
Wed Jan 24 2018 03:17:59 PM EST from IGnatius T FoobarIn 1984, caretaker Ayakanno Marimuthu, then 37, was allegedly bludgeoned to death with an iron rod at Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. His body was believed to have later been chopped up, cooked in curry and rice, and packed into plastic bags which were thrown into roadside rubbish bins.
@Aahz, Still want that curry? <g>
@fleeby, nothing wrong with a periodic chocolate cake. Plus, if you keep it a rarity, somehow the rich, chocolaty goodness is enhanced.
@fleeby, nothing wrong with a periodic chocolate cake. Plus, if you keep it a rarity, somehow the rich, chocolaty goodness is enhanced.
I can't find chocolate cake on my periodic table. What is its atomic number?