Regarding my post on happiness (warning...a bit deep for Saturday night)
A few days ago I shared a post on happiness. It sparked a few comments but one led me to a realization. Normally, I would post something like this as a reply to the comment but I thought this was bigger than that.Tena commented that she remembered a time when I was not as happy and that she appreciates this new happy Daniel.
Several years ago, things were not looking as bright for me. I was drowning in debt, my friends were in turmoil, and I had some family issues going on. I was really down in the dumps for a while. I found out later that some of my friends were very worried about me (even thinking I might harm myself) because I had gone from the normally extroverted person that I am (and everyone loves...lol...I can't wait for the comments to come pouring in over that one) to a very introverted person who just wanted to be left alone. This phase probably lasted for about six months. I did not enjoy it and hope to never feel that way again.
I think that experience is part of the reason I am happy today. I learned so much from that experience. I try to learn from the past - I have no regrets - just lessons learned. One of the biggest lessons learned from that experience is that I know brighter days will come. My goal is that even if hard times hit again, I can realize that it is something I can overcome and not let it get me down. All of these events I spoke of happened in the past four years. Look at the difference four years can make. When I think about it...four years is a relatively short amount of time.
So, I think I am rambling tonight...and this may be interesting to no one but me...but hopefully if you are unhappy this might help you to realize that things will get better. Or it may just put you to sleep....at least I tried.
Have a great remainder of the weekend!
posted by jdanielsc @ 9:38 PM
5 Comments:
very glad that you are happy. oh and i posted on my comments that wamu is paying severance but they were saying that they wouldn't so that we would johline and they wouldn't have to pay us one. go figure.
still, very happy that you are now so happy.
Howdy toots!!! I'm glad you went from extroverted to introverted and not perverted :) We love ya and if I remember correctly we were right there with ya through that trying time. You made it and see what good came from all of it. Sometimes we all need to weather the storm and wait for the sun to come out....or at least that is what I keep telling myself.
That's definitely an uplifting post. As the song says... "Gray skies are gonna clear up...."
brighter days will come...you made it through and made it a bigger better person in the end..love ya, miss ya, thanks for everything...
Sometimes, it takes those hard time to help us see where the joy is. And hat erse about all things working together for good...
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