Gibberish?

The following may be qualified as gibberish but I feel like ranting on and on for a bit...

Today was an interesting one to say the least.
I wrote the above posting with a far from clear head while I was thinking about life and needed to vent...I now write this because I want to just write...I see no problem with that, do you?

While sitting at my computer earlier on and trying to "figure out life" LOL...because that apparently is something we all do, regardless of the fact that "figuring out life" mainly means..."I may not be happy right now, but if I convince myself something better is ahead than all is well"...Guess what? No it isn't...

When are we going to be honest with ourselves I wondered...so, I did just that.
I sat back and started being honest with myself about everything going on in my life right now. What came from that? Well, I can honestly say, I am much happier than I was at 12:00pm today...

We see our lives as being so hard and so complicated, yet someone told me today that it is US who make our lives just that and frankly, they are right...
So I figured, instead of trying to force things, why not just sit back and see what happens...So, I may do just that in some aspects of life.

Pessimism and negativity are like computer viruses sent via e-mail promising an image of an 'oh so adorable' puppy...they attach onto others and spread like wild fire until they just tear down the security walls and what are we left with? Problems we have never wanted. I realized this quite some time ago and promised myself I would see the best in every situation and everyone and to this day I make sure to be an optimist in any and all aspects of my life.

Hopefully in time this will spread like the virus I fore mentioned and many people around me can begin to see the positive aspects in their lives also. Putting a smile on others faces is something I hold very close to my heart and hope I can do on a daily basis.

If only 1 person smiles everyday because of me, I will always know I had a positive effect of their lives. That is the pure and real feeling of happiness and positive accomplishment in my opinion. You will have your own of course but please try to see why that is mine.

Our lives are not really that bad are they? In retrospect, absolutely not.
You wanted those $300 shoes but could only afford the $100 shoes? Think about the man with no feet...
We are blessed everyday when we take that first breath, open our tired eyes to the world before us and look in the mirror and see an individual like no other...

We have opportunities others will never get, yet we blame others for our failures?
This does not make sense to me. I personally know multi-millionaires that have every toy, the biggest of this, the best of that BUT when they look in the mirror they hate who they see. No thanks, not for me...yes toys and expensive things are nice, but that is all they are to me. Personal happiness is much more important.

I have once looked into that same mirror and been disgusted with whom I was looking at and said, no more. Never again will I allow myself to go through that personal feeling of disgust.

We complain about the price of gas, yet we can afford the car we are putting it into when there are people that live on the streets.
We whine when there is traffic, but are we on our way to feed the homeless and unfortunate OR are we on our way to buy needless things?

I know you all may not agree with this and that is fine with me. I do not seek your approval like I once did. I only ask one thing of you and please do this for yourself and those close to you.

If you EVER look into that mirror and can't smile, fix it, immediately.
You will never know the truly joyous feeling of making others happy if you hate yourself...


"No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change"

- Barbara de Angelis