Friday, January 16, 2009
Today, I am quite happy.
I suspect that some of you anonymous ladies who gripe to and about me (with negative comments) must be living rather unhappy lives. Otherwise, you'd simply ignore me and get on with happy lives. Here's my theory. You ladies are deeply unhappy and you begrudge my happiness. You think I don't deserve it. Or that it's fake or insincere. Something less than real. And that what I'm trying to do is make you even more unhappy. By showing the contrast. Like dark seems darker when it's contrasted to light. So, even if my happiness were fake, it makes no earthly sense to take issue with me. Unless, of course, you are basically unhappy people who want me to admit that I'm like you. But I ain't, thank gawd. I am truly happy. I'm the eternal optimist. Believe it or not. Of course, if I think too far ahead, I'd also have to admit that all could change for the worst. That would make me a pessimist, and bring me closer to your realm of unhappiness. Therefore, I try to live in the moment. Today. And today, I am quite happy. --Jim Broede
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Quite happy here. I do not think your happiness is fake. Just the opposite. I think you live in a fantasy world. Happiness is a state of mind, right? Well, one simply needs to consider your state of mind. That is good for you. You would perish in the real world, with real balance. If you were pessimistic to the degree you are so-called optimistic, well, people would not be so fooled, would they? What does bother ME, is the way you treat others people, even when they do not suspect it. You seem to get pleasure from shaming other people, even if they do not realize it. Those of us who know you better, know better. I've seen you ridicule a couple of people very hurtfully.
So, yes, I am quite happy. But, I do not judge my happiness by some one else's. Most of my happiness comes from how happy I make others.
Anon56
At least you will get more responses now. 26,000 in 18 months is not much at all. Almost nothing.
It is funny how you assume it is only women who make negative comments about you. It is almost like you fear strong, opinionated women. You need them to be submissive, "yes" women.
I think we all live in a fantasy world to some degree. But some fantasy worlds are more happy than other fantasy worlds. Some people like happy fantasies. And others actually thrive on unhappy fantasies. Or a blending. To each his/her own. We really have a choice. We can choose from a vast array of fantasies. Life may well be a series of illusions. I like my illusions. Everyone should like their own illusions. That really makes for happiness. Everybody has freedom. Of choice. I prefer to associate with people who choose to be happy. I think of people who choose to be unhappy to be sort of sick people. Obsessed with negative thoughts. I think I'd make a good Buddhist. But I don't want to join the Buddhist crowd. I'll just stay a free-thinker. I'll design my own religion. With direct access to my god. Could be there are many, many gods, Enough for everyone to have a personal god. Look around. Seems that there are many, many religions with many, many gods. Maybe there's no limit.--Jim
Yes, we are free to make choices. Unfortunately, you will NEVER have the compassion necessary to help someone truly in need, since you continually blame them for their misery.
Believe it or not, outside of your own cocoon, there are people whose lives are negatively affected by others. It goes with the territory of living among other people; of coexisting. I would imagine most loners have the same judgments as yourself. That would go with the territory of living a solitary life. By your own descriptions, you lived a pretty solitary life throughout.
Your views are really quite understandable, considering.
Anon56
By the way, folks, I think of god more as a woman than as a man. Actually, my conduit to god is a woman. I think it's easier for man to speak to god through a woman. Maybe that's another reason I shun organized religion. It's all male-dominated. Women are put in submissive roles. That ain't fair. That ain't right. I think women are far more holy and divine than men. I can worship a female god far more easily than a male god. --Jim
You know, dear anonymous, I don't blame everyone for their own misery. Just some. They really have a choice. They don't have to be miserable.
And yes, I've lived a rather solitary life, relatively speaking. Not in total isolation by any means. I do like and appreciate solitude, I have a handful of close friends and associates. I've only been in love twice. But for almost 40 years in the first instance. And now for a little over a year in the second instance. That's all I need. One love at a time. It's amazing how much happiness can come from love. Absolutely incredible. I suspect some of you lack love in your lives. That can be the source of much unhappiness and misery. --Jim
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