{"id":907,"date":"2008-12-15T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/15\/are-you-happy\/"},"modified":"2008-12-15T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:18:28","slug":"are-you-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/15\/are-you-happy","title":{"rendered":"Are you happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s another one of those “Manual to my life”<\/a> posts. This entry in particular explains (in part) why I have a generally “positive” disposition – despite having the same (or probably even more difficult) challenges in life just like any other person.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t have anything to do with being “happy” or “positive” – but the simple fact that I refuse to be “negative.” What do I mean when I say that? Read on…<\/p>\n

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I don’t like people who complain. Well that’s not really true; I embrace everyone’s mystery \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But if you want to test my patience, then the quickest way to get me going is to complain<\/strong> – bonus points if you try to spin it in such a way that you’re kawawa<\/em> – if you’re lucky enough; I might just decide to step in and beat you with a stick – and I think people will agree that you don’t want to be at the business end of that stick (oh wait, depends what “stick” we’re talking about hehehe).<\/p>\n

I don’t like the act of complaining because I was always under the impression that if you’re not happy about something, and if you have the power to fix it, then you do something<\/em> about it. <\/p>\n

If you have<\/em> the power to change your situation, but don’t do anything about it, then you just have to put up with it – simple as that. Even in the event that you are truly helpless (which is very rare), but are sure<\/em> you’ve exhausted every possibility as if you had<\/em> the power… then you should be able to find solace in the fact that you did all you can do, the best way you could – and should have no regrets.<\/p>\n

Either way, I really don’t see why a person could just bitch about something without really expecting (or working for) a solution. 1 <\/sup><\/a>It’s also worth mentioning that women have nailed this brand of “complaining” down to an artform when it comes to relationships – but this post isn’t about women so I won’t press the issue \ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/span>