Are you grumpy?
There are days that I am and then I try to stop myself and think about how lucky I am. Once I do that, I immediately start to feel grateful for all that I have.
My ex-husband is probably the grumpiest person I’ve ever known. He’s a brilliant man and has a lot of good qualities but his negative personality is not fun to be around. I’ve often thought that if he concentrated on what he has and how wonderful it feels, then he’d be happier. Maybe not. Maybe it’s just me wishing he had a better life.
When you’re not feeling on top of your game, try thinking about how lucky you are. No matter what’s going wrong in your life, there’s a lot that is right about it. You probably have two arms and two legs, feel relatively healthy, have a family who puts up with you when you’re grumpy, a job that pays you enough to live, sunshine much of the time, rain when you need it - and I could go on but I’d have to throw up from grateful overdose.
When we are grateful, we’re happy. When we’re happy we attract other happy people to us. That makes everyone happier. If you’re having a bad day, try it and let me know.
this is one great article that i’ve read… hope to read more here,, anyway, where is your husband now? quiet bit interesting…
Yes, I am a grumpy old man.
A study has shown that grumpy people are often more creative.. The post explains the study conducted by Jing Zhou (http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/Faculty/Jing_Zhou/Default.asp), a professor at Rice:
“Zhou surveyed 161 employees and their supervisors at a large oil-field services company and found that grumpy workers are the most creative problem solvers, while happy and cheerful employees tend to believe that all is well and no problems need to be solved. As a result, cheerful people are not as forward looking and usually do not see problems until they become crises, she concludes.”
These traits make me a more creative person. LOL
My husband says we will never get lost in a cave,because of the sunshine that shines out my posterior is so bright! I guess that is because I am so grateful for comments like that from him!