When people ask me how I am, and I say I am OK and happy, I wonder if they really believe me? Or that they believe that this is possible. Sometimes I wonder if it is possible. After all, how can I really be happy when I live with a life threatening illness? Of course it does depend a little on what the idea of "happiness" means for me, or anyone else. For me it means that I am feeling good about myself, I am getting pleasure and enjoyment out of my day to day activities and that when something amusing happens I can laugh. Then, isn't that what a lot of people would like? If yes, then I don't see why being happy is not possible for any medical condition one might be living with; if no - well it's probably more than just a medical condition that has be dealt with!
Happiness is something that has to be worked at, irrespective of one's health and living circumstances. For me, having decided that I am not going to be unhappy for the rest of my life, however long that may be, this is especially true. I will comment on how I have gone about trying to achieve this in future blogs. Key point here: so far whatever I am doing appears to be working, because I am OK and happy.
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