A reminder to me and everyone who will listen: Learn to be happy.

[xiane]

You're not dead. That's always the first place to start. Look, you're alive, and you have the chance to grow and change and move forward.

You're not starving. You've got a roof over your head.

Unless you're one of the few people on my friends list that are unsure of this statement, you have possessions. Probably more than you need, too. Definitely more than you need to survive. Luxury items. [a few of my friends are from the LA/MS area. Obviously, this may not apply.]

Someone loves you. Even if you don't know it. Even if you don't believe it.

...

I know it is hard to be cheerful when life hands you adversity. Life is HARD. It is unpredictable, and change is difficult to handle... sometimes it feels like the world is ending when life hands you a particularly cruel swing of fate.
But there is always UP. If there is life, there is hope, as the old cliche goes. And it is true.

Things change. People leave, or worse, die. Jobs are lost. Property is destroyed or left behind. Loss of any sort is devastating.
But... we are shaped by how we handle change. We learn less from times of ease than we do from times of strife.

Change is, and there is definitely a time to get upset about it. But you are alive. There is the possibility to learn and grow and move up from that point. Don't lose sight of that in the mourning, and don't forget that you are not alone, even if you are convinced that you are.

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Thank you. :)