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Bitter People - HappyFeet

Posted: Dec 31, 2011

I think all the bitter people on this board should have New Years Resolution, be nice. There is a saying;

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln

Happy New Year.

heres what my psychiatrist says - happy is a state of mind

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Obviously my mind does not reside in that state.

Bitter People - HappyFeet

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I would then move to a different State.

It's all the uncertainty that kills serenity, not having to - cut back on "recreational" shopping. NM

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Not being sure if there'll be enough to cover the power bill each month is a much bigger problem than simply doing without lights would be if that were made as an affirmative decision--like people who move to "simpler" lives on purpose.

Considering... - wheres_my_job

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...Lincoln presided over a war-torn country where men died by the tens of thousands, had their wounded extremities cut off with saws in tents, and we have as yet to heal from that conflict (Newt Gingrich for President, anyone?), and to top it off, had someone put a bullet in his "mind" while he was enjoying some light entertainment, I'd take any advice on happiness from that sorrowful man with a grain of salt.

say what??? - Anyway, Happy New Year I guess....nm

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Most of us have every right to be bitter - not blowing sunshine in the dark

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With our employers working tirelessly to make every day a little less profitable for us and a little more profitable for them...we have every right to be angry and bitter. That's our reality and no amount of "positive thinking" trumps corporate greed. Get real and realize negative emotion is not self-indulgence - it is a normal and logical response to a horrible situation. Pills will not fix it, bandaids will not fix it, and your demanding anybody cheer up will definitely not fix it. We can play "don't worry be happy" all day long and it will not fix it. It is what it is.

You got that right. I wan't bitter until MTSOs - started screwing us daily.

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Really. - pamt

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Go apply at McDonalds.

Don't let someone "screw you over." That's your fault if you allow that to happen. Change it, eliminate it or accept it.

Pretty simple.

Nobody is doing anything to you unless you allow it - sm

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It doesn't sound very smart to sit around being bitter. Change your situation. Nobody can do that for you. Nobody is doing anything TO you. You are doing it to yourself if you stay in what you consider to be a hopeless position. Get out of it. Someone else will be happy to have that job.

And they will probably do it better! - sm

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If the people who are 'bitter' would find something else to do, someone else would be happy to get their current job. They'll probably do a better job of it too, because they are happy to have it. Attitude is a big part of success.

It is so simple if you stop and think about it - sm

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You have a job? Be glad you have a job. Many people don't. Many people are out on the street or in homeless shelters.

You don't like your job and believe (maybe rightfully so) that you deserve better than the job you have? Why do you stay? Get moving! Someone else will be thankful to have your old job.

ALL jobs in your current career field are beneath you? Again, get moving! Get a job doing some other kind of work. It's a no-brainer.

Absolutely right!!! - JustTryingToGetBy

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I honestly don't understand why, if this career is as horrible as some make it out to be, they stay!!

I had a very good job with the county where I live. Good pay, great bennies - only problem was I detested it. I have a son with problems and I needed to be home with him, so I took an MT course and the rest is history. I quit the job that was making me a bitter, nasty person regardless off the good pay and great benefits.

I make less, but I'm here with my son when he needs me, and I'M HAPPY. It really is just this simple. If you don't like what you're doing, find something else you like, do what's necessary to prepare for the switch, then jump ship.

There's 10 people in line to take your job who will actually appreciate it and be thankful...

I think HappyFeet is right, - attitude is 99%

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If your attitude is 99% miserable, nothing can make you happy. Unfortunately many seem to want to wallow in their misery. and it will take a snowball effect. Being happy doesn't mean denying reality, it means you are content, you count your blessings rather than your pains and you look at life through optimistic eyes. and IMHO, faith in God plays a large role in that joy. Happy is up to you!

Bitter? Please. - curiousgeorge

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I *think* if you live in SYRIA, you might have a disheartened attitude, but if you are eating and working in our free society, bitterness sounds like an entitlement attitude.

I posted in another thread about a book, Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor Frankl, where he tells the story of him and those who survived Auschwitz, the attitude they had. He states there is only one real thing we have control over and that is our attitude.

Bitterness has no purpose, only destroys you and the ones who care about you.

It wasn't attitude - wheres_my_job

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Most of the people who survived the concentration camps were YOUNG. YOUNG AND STRONG going into it. Millions of people don't get slaughtered, CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. That is just "blame the victim" crap turned inside out.

Secondly, what Frankl writes about is nothing new or special or amazing - any CHILD who experiences physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse has the same experience - it's called DISSOCIATION. ANY CHILD does the same thing, subjected to abuse RIGHT NOW in the UNITED STATES, so-called "land of the free" - unless you are a kid tormented by your parents. OOPS, we didn't mean you, sorry kid.

Entitlement attitude - that's right - it's in the US Constitution - WE THE PEOPLE are "entitled" to all kinds of things.

Sounds like you like the Assad way of doing things. Buy a ticket to Syria, if you don't like the "entitlement" attitude of other Americans.

Live free and make a living wage! is my motto.

Too bad - curiousgeorge

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Viktor survived along with the folks he spoke about, and they were not children. And, yes, it was about attitude and finding meaning in even the smallest things. Did you read the book? I don't think you did and you are grasping for something to just attack with. I would never suggest that only those with a certain attitude survived. That is a complete twist on my words.

You sound like you are somewhat miserable and definitely bitter. I hope this changes for you. Really. I do.

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