Be a good boy

 

Something that I have an abundance of is gratitude meaning I truly marvel at how fortunate I truly am.   I do not mean this  in a cliché sense or I am  not saying what I think people want to hear I am writing it because I truly mean it.   I think more people have a better chance at being happy if you have a little gratitude I think for some people they have no chance of being happy but I am going to guess that for the majority of people that is not the case.   I used to think happy people were odd and I did not think being happy was the default emotion for most people I need to clarify I still do not.   So what I think it is definitely worth doing from my own experience There is more to be sad then to smile there is so much sadness and tragedy out there I am not sure if people really ever take into account all that people go through in life Meredith Brooks wrote and performed a song called all for nothing from her album: Deconstruction a wonderful album the song is about how people go through so much and it all may mean nothing.   So I would guess that most people get through life by faith and I am not sure how you can prepare for life for example: the death of a loved one more specifically the death of a parent or the death of a sibling.   Even though most people know that it  is inevitable.   Dennis Prager wrote about this in his book Happiness is a Serious Problem and on his Prager U Fireside Chats about shock absorbers how people are born with shock absorbers but hopefully those  shock absorbers are strong enough to absorb the shock so to quote Dennis Prager so the heaviness of the shock does not cause someone to die with them.   In fact reading Happiness is a Serious Problem made me scared and I am not sure if that is the best word but I am not sure how you can prepare for those events even though most people know  that those aspects are inevitable and are going to occur.   Steven Pinker mentioned: that he thinks people are born with shock absorbers and I am not really familiar with his work I wish I were.   I have said this previously that there are more people out there that are for you then against you those are the ones who are silent.   I hope that there are family or at least someone who you confine maybe  confidentially that takes maturity which is the opposite of what especially males are taught and I am not against masticate I think it is an important aspect but I think there needs to be someone who you can confidentially discuss your problems and issues on how everyone can get through life and that takes more than religion and that takes plethora of aspects I wrote this earlier but the last thing anyone needs in life is another religion but that is a whole different topic.   I do not care what people think when it comes to entertainment that I enjoy and I know what is trivial and what is not regardless of how my opinions or how passionate I am about that form of entertainment  I try to not become blinded by my passion.   Which sometimes is difficult for me to do.