“You just don’t know how to be happy”
It all started with a trip hubby dear was taking with “the boys”. Only, I discovered, on the day they were to leave, that the trip included two women. I saw red since I was categorically told I couldn’t go as there were no other women going. The sniping turned into a full blown row which led to hubby dear declaring, “ You just don’t know how to be happy.” “All you ever do is whine.”
That stopped me in my tracks. I was actually at a loss for words!! Now that is a very rare occurrence as friends and family will readily attest. After the shock had worn off, I started to ponder. Had life turned me into what R, a friend of mine so aptly calls a “despair junkie?” Had I really turned into the shrew that my husband accused me of being?
Only one way out, I figured. I was going to make a list of things that truly make me happy, and look at it every day to remind myself that I have lots of things in my life to be truly thankful for and hopefully, I will stop being so whiny.(Oh, if things were only this easy!!!)
So here goes the first draft of my list.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY
1. I do not have to visit the dentist for the next six months. This has to be on top of my list after the scary 45 mins I spent at the dentist’s office today.
2. I do not have any chronic diseases except maybe those irritating colds i keep catching. In fact, I sometimes wish I fell sick so I could take a day off from work and get a little TLC (tender loving care) without feeling too guilty about it. (Hubby dear, I hope you are reading this)
3. Friends that make me laugh. I hope we don’t get thrown out of the cafeteria one of these days for creating such a ruckus.
4. Truly supportive parents.
5. Appu, the imp who can drive me from despair to delight in two seconds flat.
6. Hubby dear. The only reason he made it on this list is that he bravely eats anything I dish out in the name of food.
Not a bad start hey??
That stopped me in my tracks. I was actually at a loss for words!! Now that is a very rare occurrence as friends and family will readily attest. After the shock had worn off, I started to ponder. Had life turned me into what R, a friend of mine so aptly calls a “despair junkie?” Had I really turned into the shrew that my husband accused me of being?
Only one way out, I figured. I was going to make a list of things that truly make me happy, and look at it every day to remind myself that I have lots of things in my life to be truly thankful for and hopefully, I will stop being so whiny.(Oh, if things were only this easy!!!)
So here goes the first draft of my list.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY
1. I do not have to visit the dentist for the next six months. This has to be on top of my list after the scary 45 mins I spent at the dentist’s office today.
2. I do not have any chronic diseases except maybe those irritating colds i keep catching. In fact, I sometimes wish I fell sick so I could take a day off from work and get a little TLC (tender loving care) without feeling too guilty about it. (Hubby dear, I hope you are reading this)
3. Friends that make me laugh. I hope we don’t get thrown out of the cafeteria one of these days for creating such a ruckus.
4. Truly supportive parents.
5. Appu, the imp who can drive me from despair to delight in two seconds flat.
6. Hubby dear. The only reason he made it on this list is that he bravely eats anything I dish out in the name of food.
Not a bad start hey??
posted by newatthis at 8:48 AM
2 Comments:
Well, your friend "R" is the first one to say you, of all people, are definitely not a "Despair Junkie"!! huh.. Far from it, in fact.. u will never run out of things to make u happy, trust me!! :)
oh thanks "R" for the vote of confidence, helps shore up my crumbling confidence!!!
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