Re: Cognitive Dissonance

The happiest person I've ever known, as in consistently and genuinely, had this to say when I asked him how, why he was such a happy guy, "I get up every morning and I take care of me, you know - wash my face, brush my teeth and comb my hair and have some food that's good for me, and then I take 5 minutes and I feel totally and completely
sorry for me."

I looked up in surprise at the seeming incongruity. I had not ever thought of him as capable of being self-pitying. He went on to say, "I give it 5 minutes, no more and no less, and then move on rather than spreading it all through my day. Self-pity is self-soothing, but only for a moment. Too much becomes crippling, so I feel my emotions completely, giving myself permission to have them - feel them out all the way and then let them go - and then I look for the joy" ...

seek2clean

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