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When I look back 10-12 years I see how screwed up i was. Today while the world has fallen apart and is only getting worse i am more mentally with it and happier. SUre I had a minor meltdown when the pandemic started, and was put on lexapro. But, i believe my mental well being is not solely based on that. To alter the words that Sting sang in 1980 "When the world is running down I make the best of what is still around" And the Beatles song, Getting Better.
The world has NOT fallen apart by any means. In fact I think this is one of the best times to be alive in human history. Stop judging the world based on what you see on the evening news and social media.
The world has NOT fallen apart by any means. In fact I think this is one of the best times to be alive in human history. Stop judging the world based on what you see on the evening news and social media.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I have a number of seniors in my life who badly need their outlooks to improve but they instead continue to wallow in their own minds and stay miserable. The best thing they can do to be more content is to adjust their attitudes but they don't.
Anyway, the OP offers a good reminder that half the problem is always attitude. And I'd add that too many people continue to be dangerously unhappy by keeping up their tantrums during challenging but not terrible times.
They’re smoking reality. The world isn’t “falling apart” any more or any less than it always has and people still got through it. Pandemics/plagues are at least as old as human civilization, as are wars and economic depressions yet you’re still here.
Here's what I think I've figured out, for myself, at least. It's about not taking anything for granted - not expecting too much, while seeing the greatness of and the joy in little things. It's also knowing that your outlook is the key to "happiness." And it's about doing, making, and causing. Okay, then.
Here's what I think I've figured out, for myself, at least. It's about not taking anything for granted - not expecting too much, while seeing the greatness of and the joy in little things. It's also knowing that your outlook is the key to "happiness." And it's about doing, making, and causing. Okay, then.
I think the key phrase there is "not expecting too much". I'm always disappointed in my life because of expecting too much, whether its of myself or others. Waste of time/thoughts. Gratitude is important too, or so I'm told, and yet I have very little of it. Actually, I do have some, but I have to sit down and focus and think about it. It's not automatic for me.
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