Posted by 8 Miles on December 10, 2003, at 17:03:27
In reply to My Life Sucks :-(, posted by Susan J on December 10, 2003, at 9:05:46
Susan J.
Life quality is far too relative to be objective. I mean there are certain things about my life (like my job) that I absolutely HATE! However, when I try to take a "how much worse could I be" viewpoint, I actually have to give pause to my hatred of my "situation" because I KNOW I could be in a whole lot worse condition. I mean, I make good money, I have a warm place to sleep, I don't go hungry for lack of food, I have good support structures in place that can assist me....etc...
Now, when I look at life THAT way, I must admit that I consider myself lucky to have what I have because there are SO MANY who have exponentially less than I have. This may not help you re-evaluate your perspective (it took me some time to come to this realization)but I think that if you got a sheet of paper, and wrote in one column the "good" things in your life, and in another column wrote down the "bad" things, I posit that you will find the good will outweigh the bad (if you are honest with yourself). Please DO let me know how you feel after considering life this way. I would be more than happy to give you a pep talk if you would find that useful.OK?
OK!
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