Gratefulness = Happiness?

December 9th 2010

I read a post and would like to "contribute" to what it said...  (My thoughts on it)

This is a part of the post.

"grateful people are happy people. They are friendly, positive, and others are attracted to them. The opposite is also true; ungrateful people are blaming, negative, and unattractive to others."

I am a grateful person.  I am grateful for what I have, that doesn't mean I am always happy.  No one is always happy.   Everyone has bad days and it's the friendly people who are attractive to people cause they don't judge or treat you negatively when you have a bad day.

I am a emotional person, that is just me.  No I don't like to be and God knows that I have tried to not let things bother me so bad, but I have been hurt so much in my life that it is hard when someone treats you wrong and continues in little ways to say something about it.  I am not perfect nor never will be, but I will NEVER tell someone that they are a bad person or that they need therapy or are just a bunch of high school drama just to make me feel better.  I feel good when I treat someone with the respect that everyone deserves.  I am very friendly and I am always helpful.  I get a HIGH from serving others.  Why would I put myself down by being a negative friend/neighbor?

I am always putting myself in situations where I am the one that gets hurt, so why put myself in those situations?  I do it all the time and my family always says "why do you do that to yourself?"  My answer is... Because I LOVE helping people and doing whatever I can to help them.  I have been trying to "remove" myself from getting hurt.  It is sad the way people treat others then try to give excuses as why they did what they did.  There is NO excuse for treating people wrong PERIOD!

I had a neighbor boy, 5 years old, walk past my house with his mom while I was outside.  As he went by he said "oh no there's Stacey, we have to get away from her"  Who does that???

Kids listen to EVERYTHING you say!

If I have ever treated YOU badly, then I am truly sorry because I know how it feels to be that person.  I never try to treat anyone bad, but like I said I am not perfect and everyone makes mistakes.  You just have to learn from them.  I have made mistakes in my life that I have learned from now, but I will be the better person for being the kind and friendly person that I try to be.

I am Grateful that I am who I am.  I may not be happy all the time (I have had a bad year)

Thank You to those that have continued to treat me as I/you would want to be treated.  You are the people that make others GRATEFUL for the friends/family that you have. 

Here's to making 2011 the Best Year Ever!