It has come to my attention that not everybody is happy these days!

Well I think you have rose above your problems and have a new lease on life, and to me all you have said sounds wonderful.I am very proud of you for getting up and doing something about your situation...Life is what we make it...I use to be very depressed in my younger days and had mood swings and the whole 9 yards, but this was during the time i was raising my children, but i finally came out of it, when i went to a doctor and he told me i was lacking a chemical, and now i am great. No family is perfect and if someone tells you that they are not telling the truth..We have to focus on the good things..It sounds as though you were focusing on the worse things in your life at that time and got into a rut..You have many things to be thankful for according to your letter...You have to dictate to life, and not let life dictate to you.I am very happy that you are coming out of this unhappy state...you are now on the right track, and do not ever let the worries of this world pull you down again, we can only control our own life....You had a very good discussion here...

It's a well-known fact, ctry, that the holidays are the most depressing time of the year for many people. It does make it even harder for those of us who struggle with manic depression and other emotional problems. I have learned to prepare myself as best I can for the sadness I know I will experience. I live a pretty solitary life most of the time. It would help me a lot if I could see my family more, but I don't worry about it as much as I used to. My ex fills some of the void in my life because he always spends some part of each holiday with me. He can cheer me up when things are at their darkest. I've experienced many of the things that you have so I know exactly where you are coming from. I would tell anyone to fill their life with music as much as possible. It really does heal!

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be." Do you know who said it? Abraham Lincoln. Do you know something else? Based on anecdotal historical evidence, he was manic depressive, just like you are. Winston Churchill, too. I like your discussion, I like your terrific attitude. Maybe I should print it out and hang it on my wall. I am glad you got a little part time job. It sounds like you have many blessings in your life. I do too. Do whatever the doctor says you should do for your depression, and celebrate life every day, even if it is only a little bit.

I have to change my way of thinking in order to be happy. I use to dwell on little things that really don't matter and forget about what my husband and son mean to me. There are a lot of happy things that have happened since we moved to USA and still happening. Everything I do at home makes my husband and son happy because I put them first. Now that I have a new temporary holiday job which starts next Wednesday I am extremely happy and anxious as well as I thought I couldn't get out there in the working world again after being a stay at home mom. I am happy when I volunteer for my sons school and then told by the teachers and PTA of a wonderful job I'm doing and for taking part :) Even though money is tight I am happy that we have a roof over our heads and a warm place to sleep in, clothes to wear, food to eat and a car to get us around. I am happy that we moved to USA and that my husband gets to travel the world as we might be able to go with him on a few trips too. I am happy that my son loves school and has made so many friends. When they are happy I am happy too!!

Hello! Good for you. Well done. Am glad that you have a different outlook in life now. Sometimes we just have to stop and think about our life and whatever happens we just have to be positive about it. Life is full of ups and downs, there are people who would make you smile and would ruin it in a snap but the best of all is not give those nasty people the satisfaction of affecting you and making you unhappy too. Being optimistic about things helps you more motivated to go on in life. Keep love, faith and hope in your heart and keep a SMILE on your face for everyone and for sure you'll feel better everyday. Keep up the good work! SMILE always. Be happy! ciao! c",)

"There is at least one thing in everyone's life that can give them a reason to be happy.You just have to think about it." Familiar sentence...once i strongly belieaved in it. So here i am. But when i look back to the people i've been with, they are looking at me just with that worried looks. What've i done... I am working on it, though i can't see how far is the end.

I'm glad to hear about your part time job is helping you leave your home and be around people. The holidays aren't easy for many people. I know its so stressful, as some people eat to much, drink more than they should, and/or spend the holiday alone. I'm glad you have family that lives near your place. Happy holidays to everyone. My husband and I will go out for a meal and talk about the rest of the holiday season. We make plans for movies to see, stores to visit and gifts to purchase. I'm lucky as we enjoy the holidays seeing the holiday lights and drinking apple cider together. I agree that people should always find something good about life. I'm happy to be married and have two successful adult children.

I thought this was funny... Flash news! 6.5 billion people on the planet... Not a single one is 100% happy. And more than half are not happy at all... laugh. It is called "The human condition" You learn to live with it... or you die.

I'm so glad, that despite all the crapola you've gone through your life and still may deal with that you've decided to make a turn around for the better. Though I've never had the problems you've had, as I don't have manic depressiveness, I've had my share of other extreme problems in life that to a lesser person would have set them off the deep end. Yet through all the crap I've been through, and believe me I could write a book about, I've always had this one thing that really kept me going despite the odds...HOPE I guess somewhere deep down I'm a cockeyed optimist. Oh, yes, I can be a real worry wart about things and if I'm going through some bad experience wonder how I'll handle it or get through it, but deep down inside I just have the gut feeling that things will work out. Also, my rediscover of the principles of the Law of Attraction which was made "famous" again through the popularity of the DVD and book The Secret has helped me tremendously. Because of the Law of Attraction I really understand that we DO make our lives the way they are...sometimes a bitter pill to swallow especially if a lot of bad is going in one's life, but we do have the choice to make things better by how we think and view life. If one always thinks of the negatives in one's life one will only attract more negatives, so instead of that, just turn it around and think of all the positives. Think of all the things to be grateful for no matter how small it is..like simply being able to have the eyes to see! Start from there. Since I've been applying the Law of Attraction a lot of great things have come into my life and quite unexpectedly..no I haven't won a mega million dollar lotto yet..hehee...but just things that have happened that have made a real turn around in my life. There is no reason for not being happy in life or making a change in life...it's all up to oneself to change--and no, it's not easy, cause we do tend to dwell on the negatives, and bad things going on in life, but I can honestly say I just don't dwell on negatives anymore. And nope, I'm not a perpetual pollyanna either, but I would rather dwell and focus on the positives in my life

It is hard time for everybody to lose his or her father. You need to do some work to forget this. Don't think it. Please just to be happy and think about your future. Living and deathe is very nature thing, everbody have to go through it.

Yaa.. even i had seen many of my friends were in tension. as their exams are approaching. I too have exams approaching but don't have a tension bout it. and i expect my friends to be the same way.