General Malaise
Footballguy
I shared in another thread that our GB Wikkid reached out to me after one of my best friends died in a car wreck Memorial Day weekend. He recognized that I was struggling and saw that I was having a tough time finding a therapist to help cope with grief and offered to help me until I did find a local pro.
And I took him up on it because, well.....I was really at the end of my rope. He let me know that he had a standard questionnaire that he would send me via email and told me to take all the time I needed with it. I'm really glad I got it back to him before he passed. It helped.
So - question 11 - "What is happiness to you"?
I'm re-reading my answer and I don't think it's very good. I sound really pathetic. I want a re-do. And since he's not around to read the edited version, it's going here.
Happiness to me is making other people laugh. Laughing with them when I do. Happiness is watching my wife crack a smile because of me. Smiles of hers aren't given out cheaply, so when I evoke one, it makes me happy. Happiness is watching my children grow up and mature. My son is home from college and we've spent quite a few nights sitting in the back yard listening to tunes and discussing life. That swells my heart. Happiness is cuddling with my dog in bed and taking him with me to play disc golf. Hearing my cat purr at 6am after she nuzzles me awake from slumber, even though I'd prefer another 30 minutes of sleep.
Sitting on an innertube in a cold river on a hot day with a cold beer and just floating with the current. Pure happiness. Skipping rocks with my daughter and playing street hockey with my twins makes me happy, even though I never win.
So I guess to summarize, happiness is just finding little joys in life and trying to string as many of those together as I can. Family, friends, four legged creatures. All provide me with happiness.
This has been General Malaise for a little self-help therapy with an assist from the legendary, Wikkidpissah.
And I took him up on it because, well.....I was really at the end of my rope. He let me know that he had a standard questionnaire that he would send me via email and told me to take all the time I needed with it. I'm really glad I got it back to him before he passed. It helped.
So - question 11 - "What is happiness to you"?
I'm re-reading my answer and I don't think it's very good. I sound really pathetic. I want a re-do. And since he's not around to read the edited version, it's going here.
Happiness to me is making other people laugh. Laughing with them when I do. Happiness is watching my wife crack a smile because of me. Smiles of hers aren't given out cheaply, so when I evoke one, it makes me happy. Happiness is watching my children grow up and mature. My son is home from college and we've spent quite a few nights sitting in the back yard listening to tunes and discussing life. That swells my heart. Happiness is cuddling with my dog in bed and taking him with me to play disc golf. Hearing my cat purr at 6am after she nuzzles me awake from slumber, even though I'd prefer another 30 minutes of sleep.
Sitting on an innertube in a cold river on a hot day with a cold beer and just floating with the current. Pure happiness. Skipping rocks with my daughter and playing street hockey with my twins makes me happy, even though I never win.
So I guess to summarize, happiness is just finding little joys in life and trying to string as many of those together as I can. Family, friends, four legged creatures. All provide me with happiness.
This has been General Malaise for a little self-help therapy with an assist from the legendary, Wikkidpissah.