Are you up or down?

[SarzWix]

Hmmm... I feel more like I'm flitting over the top of a bog - there's some quite horrible stuff going on, but it hasn't managed to suck me down yet!

[Jax]

[i]

I'm both a glass half full AND a glass half empty person. It's half full if you're filling it, and half empty if you're drinking it!

I like that its kinda how I feel.

[FionaH]

Hmmm... I feel more like I'm flitting over the top of a bog - there's some quite horrible stuff going on, but it hasn't managed to suck me down yet!

Thats just how I feel at the moment. I try really hard to be positive, glass half full and all that, thats a bit tricky at the moment.

I honestly believe that all I can be certain about in life is that it will change. The bad stuff goes and so does the good stuff. At the moment I am wandering about muttering, this too shall pass

When told that God would not give her more than she could handle even Mother Theresa replied "I sometimes wish he didn't trust me so much"

[Glutton4...]

...I'm both a glass half full AND a glass half empty person. It's half full if you're filling it, and half empty if you're drinking it!

I totally agree with that one Olly! I'm generally a very positive 'up' person, and if down, I don't stay there for long. I'm a believer in 'everything happens for a reason' and we should all learn from what life throws at us.

Today I've learned never to keep pets - they break your heart!

Sorry, just had the dog put to sleep - today is a HUUUUUUGE low!



Tomorrow will be better.

[binley100]

The last few years have been a bit of a choppy ride as regards jobs, money etc., but hey, what the hell batten down the hatches and get stuck into that half full glass is what I say.

[Snadger]

Externally, I probably come over as a miserable auld git (at least that's what my kids call me in a joky way)

Internally I am a happy person who realises I have a lot to be thankful for.
Married with three kids..........all have good jobs and have rewarded me with three grandchildren!
I want for nothing and although I am not rich, I don't owe anyone a penny.

All in all, life is good for 99% of the time!

[binley100]

Oh no poor gutton4... how sad . They give unconditional love and its horrible to lose them.
Many sympathies, hugs and kisses.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

I think I'm a happy person but feel I have been bog-trotting for a fair number of years now. Hubby did not get good news from his neurologist on Monday and my knees buckled. But then I come on here and feel a fraud cause some Grapes are really suffering.

[Jax]

I think I'm a happy person but feel I have been bog-trotting for a fair number of years now. Hubby did not get good news from his neurologist on Monday and my knees buckled. But then I come on here and feel a fraud cause some Grapes are really suffering.

I hope hes ok. Every ones troubles are individual and they are important. Im sending big hugs

[OllieMartin]

Some time ago I was having a pretty tough time, I was talking to my sister (she was a little drunk) and she told me that my mum had told her, "perhaps if you have a cold or a headache or something you shouldn't tell Ollie about it, he has enough to deal with of his own". It's one of the few times I've given my mum a really stern 'talking to'; yes I had some problems, but that didn't mean no-one else was allowed to have any. Keeping them from me only made me feel like they thought I didn't care about them and when you're at a low, sharing problems is one of the best cures.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Also, some people get down over what seems to others to be something very minor (although obviously not to them) and other people amaze me by their resilience. I know I'm lucky, I have friends and family around me whom I love and whom love me, I have my health and that means a lot but I believe that much of my contentness comes down from being satisified with what I've got, life's not always fair but sometimes it's better just to rub yourself down and get one with things rather than analysing why it's happened to you and just make yourself more miserable by dwelling on it.

I couldnt agree more with you Alison. I know how lucky I am, with my family, friends and job and try to count my blessings everyday. As my little saying goes, "Appreciate the litte things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things"

[Jax]

Some time ago I was having a pretty tough time, I was talking to my sister (she was a little drunk) and she told me that my mum had told her, "perhaps if you have a cold or a headache or something you shouldn't tell Ollie about it, he has enough to deal with of his own". It's one of the few times I've given my mum a really stern 'talking to'; yes I had some problems, but that didn't mean no-one else was allowed to have any. Keeping them from me only made me feel like they thought I didn't care about them and when you're at a low, sharing problems is one of the best cures.

Completely agreed. When Ive been having the worst times its made me feel so much better talking to others and helping others out. Imay even go as far as saying it was a nice distraction.

[FionaH]

I couldnt agree more with you Alison. I know how lucky I am, with my family, friends and job and try to count my blessings everyday. As my little saying goes, "Appreciate the litte things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things"

Couldn't agree more, gratitude lists are the way to go

[Scottishnewbie]

i agree with so many of the comments above and particularly chuckled at the Mother Theresa one!

like so many of you i am a naturally optimistic person, with OH being more of a glass half empty type and i sometimes find that he sucks me down....usually not for long and i'm lucky enough to have horses, chickens, sheep and my garden (not to mention great family and friends) so i dont stay down for long.

[Bigmallly]

I'm normally an up person but at rock bottom today. A good friend & work collegue sadly died yesterday aged 50. That's no age.