tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post2173994316644453840..comments2023-08-20T04:54:22.667-07:00Comments on "Australian" in Athens: THE HAPPY THINGPurple Cowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016727639028322093noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-24826485741821850082010-03-25T12:04:37.597-07:002010-03-25T12:04:37.597-07:00The clouds will pass and the sun will come out and...The clouds will pass and the sun will come out and things will get better. Even so...<br /><br />Isn't it fun to know wherever you are you can have your say and people around the world can read it and you have left your mark, your footprint, as it were, showing your existence. Wish you luck, the good kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-78341124678943113132010-03-17T06:55:10.259-07:002010-03-17T06:55:10.259-07:00I hadn't ever heard the puppy story, but it ma...I hadn't ever heard the puppy story, but it makes sense. You will get out of your surroundings what you bring to them.The Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966701772659997692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-17398002148695096912010-03-16T14:14:20.641-07:002010-03-16T14:14:20.641-07:00Sharon - brain chemistry would also explain the jo...Sharon - brain chemistry would also explain the joyous rush we feel during the falling in love stage, maybe diet and exercise have something to do with it.<br /><br />Robin - maybe we're just overgrown emos...I've done that with the films...Woody allen's "Take the Money and Run" cracks me up every time.<br /><br />Novelist - your grandpa story reminds me of the room with the mirrors. do you know the story? Happy puppy dog walks in the mirrored room and sees his reflection...feels a hundred times happier and leaves elated. Grumpy dog goes in, sees hundreds of reflections of his grumpy face and leaves feeling even worse...Purple Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016727639028322093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-7890014806230362422010-03-16T08:17:16.055-07:002010-03-16T08:17:16.055-07:00I had a Grandpa who was always happy. When asked ...I had a Grandpa who was always happy. When asked how he was he would always respond "I am having my best day so far!" He was that way until just before he died. A few days before he passed he responded differently for the first time ever, he said "I guess I am finally having a bad day." It broke my heart, but I was glad he was honest. I don't think he always felt as happy as he claimed to be, I think he was working on "faking it till you make it." I heard somewhere that if you smile when you are upset or angry about something and you keep holding the smile it will become real after a while and your body will relax. <br /><br />Something to think about I guess.The Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966701772659997692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-76728665869525819222010-03-16T06:21:08.695-07:002010-03-16T06:21:08.695-07:00I feel your pain. On the one hand, I really admir...I feel your pain. On the one hand, I really admire the "perky" people. You know they types. The people that just seem to have the sunny disposition. And I wonder, "Where does that come from?" And there are days that I wish that I had that. And then other days I find it really annoying. I think I would annoy myself with 24-7 perk. But, on the days when I feel really blue, probably like you're feeling today, I wish I had just a little of that perk... just enough to jumpstart me a bit. I couldn't take full dose, mind you, but a tad. I usually go one way or the other. I will watch my favorite romantic comedies or just comedies (as in movies on the DVD players) to try and perk me up or I will give in to it and really sink. Which means listening to the saddest, most depressing music about love gone wrong or movies of same. Read books that I know will make me cry. Just revel in the sad and depressing. Or you could watch action movies where things blow up. That's fun, too.<br /><br />I did comment on your comment, btw, about the quote...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284462997299066462.post-8568783881796868762010-03-16T06:10:18.056-07:002010-03-16T06:10:18.056-07:00Great questions. I have no answers. Maybe it's...Great questions. I have no answers. Maybe it's just brain chemistry.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852119592451618703noreply@blogger.com