Posted by Shortelise on July 26, 2005, at 0:22:00
In reply to Happy, ugh., posted by spalding on July 25, 2005, at 15:44:20
Happy is a relative term.
I have had *moments* of happiness in my life. Happiness where my hear felt so light, and there was pure ... brightness in my heart. It has lasted from a few minutes up to an afternoon.
Then there have been periods where I would have said I was "happy" but what that meant to me was that there were no black moments, only light grey ones, and there were more calm times than not calm times, that I would wake in the morning and feel pleased to face the day, not want to crawl under my bed. I would in fact say I was more content than happy.
Words. If you are ready to start feeling better, that's GREAT!!!! You may not be ready to be happy until you are in a moment when you look around inside yourself and recognize you are happy.
I don't think happiness is anything to strive for. It's too ... too.
But I do think we have to reach a point when we give ourselves permission to feel better. I think I said to myself, I am going to let the balckness go, and try for something else.
ShortE
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