What are the things that steal your joy?

Hi! I hope the book your mentioned, would be worth reading. The book may contain those issues, which rob us of our joy and when we throughly go through the book, we may find that we tend to lose our joy on trivial issues. As far as am concerned unnecessary 'anxiety' takes away my pleasure. I think too much on a particular issue somtimes and that makes me lose my 'joy'. I feel I need to be more careful about it and I should now allow anything to steal my joy.

Fighting with my bestfriend or with my parents will really steal my joy. I hate argument and I don't want it to be happened between me and the people I love. Second thing steal my joy would be a failure. I feel sad when I made mistake or failed doing something. Yes, I am a perfectionist and sometimes I am too hard to myself.

Hi Sarah. I am perfectly happy and joyful with a sudden pang of pain from time to time. What are these pains? The mere fact that I am missing my two kids in the province is one great downer really. They have to stay with my parents there until I can find a decent place for them to live here in the city. My hubby's occasional lies and deceits. This is self explanatory, I guess, since I have posted a lot of my discussions focusing on the issues about him. The unhappy married life i have which is the product of the above issues with my husband. But despite of these downers, i'm really trying to smile more often even if inside I am really crying...

Hi Sarah, Think... and the moment you start thinking it is gone. So I started out living and stopped thinking. (I know it is)Not the right way to live but I am happy today - Living this moment. As long as I dont think about other things happening around me, I am enjoying this very moment and the moment I start out thinking about these(other things happening around me), I see there is nothing much that can give me joy or pleasure. Cheers, theSids.

What steals my joy is when people around me try to hurt me with their words, when my son disappoints me with his behavior and when my husband is being irresponsible. I know that i don't have control over these things but i can be responsible for it too. So i think i should never allow anybody to steal my joy by living harmoniously with the rest of my environment.

My joy is stolen when I get a sudden flood of emotions due to a sense of lost of control of the moment. For example, colleagues and bosses can mess a good start to a day by throwing you with the most ridiculous of requests to be fulfilled within unreasonable times. Arghhh......which is why I am beginning to read books on how to improve effectiveness and efficiency at work. hehe.

My joy is stolen by firing people, stupidity, not doing enough work on any given day, dealing with girlfriend on a bad day, and (as I am now) being sick.

WORRY is certainly something that's stolen my joy time and time again! I can't tell you how often I've been joyful and happy, having a great time wherever I was a whatever I was doing when - BOOM - something to worry about reared its ugly head. It's been something like, "Uh-oh...I think I forgot about the insurance premium, the light bill or some other bill..." and my fun was over and the worry begun. Come to think of it, while worry in general is probably the biggest thief, worry about money has to be a close second. If the need for money didn't exist, I'd probably have a lot more joy! Annie

I have a real problem with worrying. I try not to let myself worry because it literally makes me sick to my stomach if I let myself worry because I will worry so deeply. The thing that steals my joy though the most is my ex. He can call and just the sound of his voice ruins my mood. I hate hearing from him. I cannot stand him. He calls me for all kinds of stupid reasons and he has no need to call me pretty much unless it has to do with the kids. Its crazy how fast my mood can change once I hear from him. The main problem is that I will be sitting doing something with my kids and I will have to stop and answer the phone. Its always him starting some kind of issue.

If I'm in a really good mood and have to be around someone that is negative about everything or makes mean comments about nothing...it really does steal my joy. I am a bit of an optimist but there are times when I have to work extra hard at it

when dad tells me i'm a loser and points out things i try and still not good at, that steals my joy. Hate fighting with him.

Nowadays, I'm happiest when I'm alone with some me time. More often than not, this little bit of joy is always interrupted by some pressing thing with family. Something at the back of my head also steals my joy. I'm an ultimate worrier! So, it is hard for me to be at peace with everything going on around me. Specially if I have something to worry about.

When I think of someone goign away from me whom I love and care about, my joy goes away. When I think about my parents going away from me forever, my joy goes away. When I think about my country and it's growth, my joy goes away. When I think about politicians, my joy goes away. When I think about SCAMS in all the departments, my joy goes away. When I see people not caring their parents, my joy goes away. We all want good things to happen in life so everything and anything that causes issues or problems distracts me from joy. Thank You for sharing such a nice thought.

Thinking about conspiracy theories, doomsday 2012 prophesies and whats going to happen. I freaked out over the holiday season in 2010 because I almost couldn't stop consuming and reveling in all that. It stole my joy and I am still thinking about it all. What if nothing happens and we are all still here?

People who are a downer. Also people that rain on your parade. If you have something fun to do..they gotta ruin it before it even happens....my mother did that before I went on a date in high school....I vowed never to do that to my own kids and I didn't....

Before what makes me sad most is seeing my parents and brothers quarrel but there okay now but now after a painful heartbreak, I feels like everyday my joy had been stolen.

feeling ignored i think, that can steal but i try to come back to the place that everybody can do whatever they want and it's up to me to decide how i feel, it's really hard

The thing that steals my joy is... When their dictating me to do things that is probably I don't like and obviously I'm not into it!! The worst is when my name is dragged in fights or problems.. *Ugh!That really brokes my heart*