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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 450848" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>I'm very much limited to my keyboard time since I'm nursing a pinched nerve, but I had to reply to this one. As my sig says, I'm an optimist. The great thing about being an optimist is the ability to find the good in most every situation. I've been through some really trying and tough times in my life - but through every one of them, I've learned something to carry with me and become stronger. I've always been a "life is what it is" kind of person. Sadness, death, illness, disappointments, trials and tests are part of life; there is no getting around them. But making through those times is what should que us to feel joy. The fact that I came out of those situations is a reason to feel joy. The dictionary says, "joy - a feeling of great pleasure or happiness."</p><p></p><p>One of my favorite books is "Mans Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Consider this quote:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms &#8212; to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>Like TM, I feel joy and happiness every day. I had a great friend, who passed after suffering horribly for years with cancer, who said to me once that the simple act of folding her family's laundry was a task of happiness considering the alternative. </p><p></p><p>My children and I started gratitude journals many years ago. We would each write one thing every day that we were thankful for. When you take the light away from the negative, even for just a moment, you often see the little joys in your life. The first thing I do every day upon waking is give thanks that I opened my eyes - that's a positive to start every day.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 450848, member: 805"] I'm very much limited to my keyboard time since I'm nursing a pinched nerve, but I had to reply to this one. As my sig says, I'm an optimist. The great thing about being an optimist is the ability to find the good in most every situation. I've been through some really trying and tough times in my life - but through every one of them, I've learned something to carry with me and become stronger. I've always been a "life is what it is" kind of person. Sadness, death, illness, disappointments, trials and tests are part of life; there is no getting around them. But making through those times is what should que us to feel joy. The fact that I came out of those situations is a reason to feel joy. The dictionary says, "joy - a feeling of great pleasure or happiness." One of my favorite books is "Mans Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Consider this quote: [I] "We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." [/I]Like TM, I feel joy and happiness every day. I had a great friend, who passed after suffering horribly for years with cancer, who said to me once that the simple act of folding her family's laundry was a task of happiness considering the alternative. My children and I started gratitude journals many years ago. We would each write one thing every day that we were thankful for. When you take the light away from the negative, even for just a moment, you often see the little joys in your life. The first thing I do every day upon waking is give thanks that I opened my eyes - that's a positive to start every day. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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