All the world is a stage/And everyone has their part/But how was I to know/Which way the story goes?

[liver_tyler]

I know that we all go through slumps sometimes. It seems as though no matter what we do, think, hear, see, etc... Nothing can make us smile or feel light again. Everything weighs down, and eventually we don't even want to bother. Things become reaction, irritating, boring, etc. Sometimes, we get so used to being unhappy, that we can't handle or

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[miss_xtina]

You know, I have to admit, there's no place I'd rather be than laying in my bed with a thing if ice cream and Disney moveies. Because we're all little kids at heart, we like hearing about the rainbow after the storm, we like thinking that things will always have a fairy tale ending. It's just a nice thought, to think that everyone is happy, and the bad people get what they deserve. It's just...it's something that people need to believe in, I guess. I'm rambling now. But I think you get my idea, well at least I hope you do :)

[liver_tyler]

I get your idea, and I agree with it.
I wish more people could, or would, though. It's really depressing.

[miss_xtina]

It really is, I mean, there's a lot of good in the world. It's just easier for people to focus on the depressing stuff. Everyone has good in them, I mean, shit, even Ted Bundy had good in him. People just need to have faith in somethingI guess, they need something to believe in? and it's sad when you see people without it, and well shit, I'm rambling again *laughs*

[liver_tyler]

Sometimes I feel immature, or guilty for simply being happy and having fun.

Then I realize that it's sad that for a person to be able to enjoy life and have fun, people just associate that with being childish, because that's the last time they've had that same happiness themselves.

I like your rambling. I love rambling. Even about stupid shit. Everything that can be said or commented on, is important to me, because I like to learn so much - even weird things, or "boring" things. Look at me, now I'm the one rambling. Don't I always do that though?

[_manda_w_]

*loves Liv SO much right now*

[liver_tyler]

What, you don't love me SO much all the time? ;) I jest.

[jennifer__love]

Yeah that entry made a lot of sense to me because I just went through a very similar thought process with my whole "I'm so down in the dumps and can't figure out why" stage. It was like...I was LOOKING for a reason to be unhappy because I couldn't explain the way I was feeling. Which isn't the way it should be...I should have been looking for reasons to BE happy or reminders of the GOOD in my life..NOT the bad. It's a lot easier said than done, but I think happiness is, in a lot of ways, a state of mind, something that has to be worked at. A conscious effort to not dwell on the little things, like you said.

I've taken inventory, not only of the things around me, but also of myself...and I know that I have nothing to be UNhappy about...so why do it? I count my blessings every single day and I really DO have things to smile about...everyone does.

OK I sound really cheesy so I'm stopping :X

[liver_tyler]

I'm glad. I think we all go through it - We really do. Some of us get out of it sooner than others, and others are just too stubborn to be sucked into it for too long. I have a lot of things that I'm blessed with, and appreciative of. I think we can't ever stop "wanting" more. We're so selfish we just want to add, and add to what we can gloat or smile about, but then we move on and toss it aside for the next thing we want. We have so many gifts, but our selfishness makes it lose it's charm. I think people need to realize that we'll never stop 'wanting' and that they should start paying a little more attention to things of real value.

[jennifer__love]

Well said, as always. Thank you for being so insightful :-*

[liver_tyler]

*laughs* Goon. I'm not insightful, I'm just rambly. :D