Who are your favorite people to be around?
People who are joyful and optimistic.
I think when you’ve really been through dark stuff in life, you tend to gravitate toward people who are light for your own sanity.
I’m just not into complaining. I very seldom will complain about my situation bc I have learned that someone always has it much worse than you, and it does no good to complain anyway.
I will vent my grievances about things sometimes because I’m human, or I will speak factually and bluntly about events in my life, but as far as complaining about my circumstances .. I really try not to.
I could be going through a major crisis and sometimes not really tell anyone. It’s not that I’m being fake, I just don’t see a need to burden people with things.
For example, Gary landed his dream job back in August and then they closed his entire dept. in October. He was totally without a job for a few months. I never really told anyone outside of family. Going through Christmas without him generating an income could have seriously ruined our holidays, but life just happens and you’ve gotta roll with it.
Now he has an even BETTER job, which we couldn’t have ever even dreamed was possible, but I knew deep down that it would somehow all work out. God works things out faster than we can if we just calm down and allow him. But yeah, I only shared it with people that I knew would have that same kind of thinking and that would be positive about it, because I didn’t want to spend everyday worried. I trust deeply that God has a plan for our lives.
And look, I’m not talking about people who face serious medical or physical challenges. That’s a completely, and understandably difficult thing.
I’m just talking about people that find a reason to be unhappy everyday instead of looking at how amazing life is.
It’s awesome to wake up everyday. I need people around me who live like that, because people rub off on you.
What’s that saying, “Show me your 3 closest people, and I’ll show you your future.”
Stay where the sun shines!
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