10 June 2011  friday favourites 10.06.11 [the un-favourites]
the difficulty in seeing the bright side of things is that, if
fate punches you in the eye often enough, your vision becomes
extremely limited. that's me this week. and normally, because i
think it's healthier for me and for those who come in contact
with me, i try to maintain a cool, balanced perspective and
remember that, even when things suck, there are reasons to be
happy. i don't do this because of a desperate "stuart
smalley"-esque [although it apparently worked for him] need to
convince myself that everything is ok, but because i think it's
way too easy to become bitter, self-defeating and angry. and
it's way too easy to miss things that really deserve to be
savoured. there's a lot of subtle emphasis on the importance of
not enjoying life too much- a suspiciousness accorded to any
activity that doesn't carry the stigma of work and sacrifice and
i personally consider that insidious characteristic to be behind
a lot of ugly realities we all ha