How to be Happy
Ok. Yesterday I threw a temper tantrum over a stupid joke someone made about my husband and his sexual preference (FB status hijacking they call it).
I've calmed down considerably since then. Anyway, last night after work I plonked myself in front of the TV (DVD plan cancelled coz the hubby had to pick his car up from the mechanic at 10pm) and watched this cute little movie about a happy-go-lucky woman titled, yes - Happy-Go-Lucky.
Anyway, the movie is very sweet, it felt very real although some of the characters are just plain bonkers like the protagonist Poppy, her salsa instructor and her driving instructor. I'd really like to discuss the movie but that fucking dipshit of a service called Astro kinda ruined it (service kept getting interrupted for various lengths at a time). And I didn't know what happened at the end because Astro decided that I should go to bed with my Tash Aw book and watch the ending some other time, like, when they actually have a satellite TV service that isn't much of a fuckup.
What I found really remarkable and endearing is that Poppy character. She's the eternal optimist, always happy, always smiling and laughing and cracking stupid jokes and she's always so nice to everyone. Even when she gets shouted at she never shouts back (well you could still see her sad and upset) but she just laughs about it later.
What I would give to be that happy and content with myself and my life. Always laughing, always smiling even though it drives people nuts. I guess I'm just not born with a happy gene.
I try to be content with what I have and be realistic with my life, but inside I still feel lacking. Is this a disease? I was told, if you don't feel content, pray. If you're unhappy, meditate. Somehow it makes your anxiety and your unhappiness go away.
Religion and meditation, yeah that's a coupla ways to ditch the glum for a few hours.
What else, be silly ALL the time? Find stupid jokes and laugh at them...all the time?
Acceptance of who you are and the life you have? But sometimes, shit happens, how do you move away from that quickly?
But yeah, what wouldn't I give to be that happy go lucky girl.
I've calmed down considerably since then. Anyway, last night after work I plonked myself in front of the TV (DVD plan cancelled coz the hubby had to pick his car up from the mechanic at 10pm) and watched this cute little movie about a happy-go-lucky woman titled, yes - Happy-Go-Lucky.
Anyway, the movie is very sweet, it felt very real although some of the characters are just plain bonkers like the protagonist Poppy, her salsa instructor and her driving instructor. I'd really like to discuss the movie but that fucking dipshit of a service called Astro kinda ruined it (service kept getting interrupted for various lengths at a time). And I didn't know what happened at the end because Astro decided that I should go to bed with my Tash Aw book and watch the ending some other time, like, when they actually have a satellite TV service that isn't much of a fuckup.
What I found really remarkable and endearing is that Poppy character. She's the eternal optimist, always happy, always smiling and laughing and cracking stupid jokes and she's always so nice to everyone. Even when she gets shouted at she never shouts back (well you could still see her sad and upset) but she just laughs about it later.
What I would give to be that happy and content with myself and my life. Always laughing, always smiling even though it drives people nuts. I guess I'm just not born with a happy gene.
I try to be content with what I have and be realistic with my life, but inside I still feel lacking. Is this a disease? I was told, if you don't feel content, pray. If you're unhappy, meditate. Somehow it makes your anxiety and your unhappiness go away.
Religion and meditation, yeah that's a coupla ways to ditch the glum for a few hours.
What else, be silly ALL the time? Find stupid jokes and laugh at them...all the time?
Acceptance of who you are and the life you have? But sometimes, shit happens, how do you move away from that quickly?
But yeah, what wouldn't I give to be that happy go lucky girl.
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