Do You Ever Just Take A Moment?

United States
March 25, 2007 4:18am CST
Do you ever just take a moment and stop and aknowledge something? Whether it is happiness, sadness, or anything else. People take advantage of the time they have and they never really stop and look at there lives. You see all the time people complaining that there life is so hard or they are just flat out unsatisfied yet they have no clue why. It is because they never really stop to take a look at what is going on in there lives, they just feel better when they vent and complain. life doesnt work that way you can not expect to fix the cause of un happiness unless you stop and take a look at what is making you unsatisfied and if it is even a legitimate complaint. so my question is do you really ever just take a look at what is making you unhappy or sad. Today i had an epiphany that my sadness is not a result of what i have been through in the last year, but my sadness is a result of what i have refused to see and fix.
2 responses
• Philippines
25 Mar 07
Well, i know of someone who always complains about how her and her family's lives is so drastic. Whenever her mouth opens, all the topic you will hear from her is mostly complaints, problems, and more problems. She complains that her husband doesn't earn enough for their financial needs. She complains that every week, their daughter, who is suffering from an unknown disease has to go to the doctor and therapist every week and that it drains their budget. She complains that her other daughters are always fighting because the other one is hard up of sending the younger one to school. Sometimes, when I talk with her, I am somehow affected and instead of me appreciating my life, I begin to think of all my problems too. That's why i avoid talking to her because I know that even though is so much problems in the world that we have to go through, there is also much happiness that we can experience through the beauty of our environment and the people we share our lives with. So let us take time to appreciate, everything we can in this world, God created us to share its beauty and to give happiness to others and not sadness.
• United States
25 Mar 07
people like this are just fishing for sympathy and the more you give it the more they are going to take. I know how you feel i have a friend just like this and let me say i go through the sam thing. i also have a hard time with people who complain about how i live my life and dont really see that yes i am unhappy at poinst but not all points of my life. what your friend needs to realize is that she has children she should be appreciating that because there are people out there who cant have childrena nd dont have the budget to adopt so they never get to feel that joy. even with all her negatives there is always someone who has it the same if not worse she needs to read "A Child Called It" it will change her views on life permanantly
@neon2000 (2756)
• Philippines
25 Mar 07
Yes, I am. Taking a moment sometimes to give way to what I feel sometimes which makes me feel relieved of the emotions I feel for the moment. It is good to make me relax in releasing my feelings at the moment.
• United States
25 Mar 07
i totally agree if you cant realize your emotions then you cant let it all go and relax