“Misery
acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows.”
Shakespeare
Misery, a serious lack of contentment or happiness, yet a state many (not all)
prefer to be in because I believe that this enables them to get the pity and
attention they so dearly want, and maybe they so dearly thrive on. This can be
so severe that misery and being miserable may even be some people’s reason for
going on living, without which they feel life has no meaning. Isolating themselves
and feeding off this passive state, is a worrying state of affairs. Let us
think for a moment about this. Isn’t a big part of misery merely a shadow or a
reflection, the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking
about the fact that you suffer? Is it not better to be cheerful and happy in
whatever situation you may find yourself in because the greater part of misery
or unhappiness is determined not by your circumstances, but by your
disposition. These, to me, are very true words, misery is almost always a
direct result of how we think, that is why it is so important to think right and focus on the things that matter. Make a choice and take your stance against
misery, do not entertain this monster and rather think of all the beauty that
still remains in this world.
Happiness
seem so far removed from me,
I find
myself in deep dark misery...
Is
there any hope out there,
that
may disperse this wretchedness and despair?
“Mismoedigheid
en elende kan ‘n mens se eienaardige bedmaatjies word.”
Shakespeare
Mismoeigheid en elende is die gevolg
van ‘n ernstige gebrek aan tevredenheid en geluksaligheid. Tog is daar diegene
wie verkies om in elende en mismoedigheid te verkeer omdat dit (die toestand) hulle
in staat stel om die bejammering en aandag te ontvang waarna hulle smag of
selfs op floreer. Hierdie lewens ingesteldheid kan so
erg raak, dat sommige mense dit hul dryfveer vir die sin van die lewe maak,
want sonder bejammering en elende is daar geen sin in die lewe nie. Laat ons ‘n
bietjie nadink hieroor. Is ‘n groot deel van mismoedigheid nie maar net bloot ‘n
skadu, ‘n refleksie nie? Wat meer is, dit raak erger hoe meer jy fokus op die swaarkry
as op die swaarkry self. Is dit nie beter om gelukkig en opgewonde oor die lewe
en oor enige situasie te wees, as wat dit is om in elende te verval nie?
Onthou, die grootste deel van ongelukkigheid en elende word bepaal nie deur jou
omstandighede nie MAAR deur jou ingesteldheid daarop. Elende en mismoedigheid
is bykans altyd ‘n direkte gevolg van hoe ons dink, daarom is dit so belangrik
om reg te dink en te fokus op di twat saak maak en lewenswaarde het. Maak ‘n
keuse en skop vas teen elende en mismoedigheid, want ek verseker jou, daar is
derduisende mensie wie slegter daaran af is as jy. So, fokus op al die mooi in
die lewe, en wanneer jy teëspoed ervaar, hanteer dit in die regte gesindheid.
Soms
voel geluk so vêr verwyderd van my,
dat ek
wil verval in mismoedigheid...
As ek
maar net nuwe perspektief op die lewe kan kry,
kan ek ‘n
minder mismoedige lewe lei!
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