She has always been like this. Wanting pity. Wanting to be the sickest. Go right ahead. Be that. I am busy living.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The choice
There is a woman I know who has a lot of health problems. Many caused by the fact that she is very overweight. Some not. She has recently been diagnosed with a new illness that she claims she will die from. The way she put it to me was "It is what I thought, I have 5-10". Is this a prison sentence? Anyway, after telling me about her diagnosis, she asked me how I was doing, I said ok. She said "Well, you don't really seem like it.". I looked at her straight in the eye and said "We all have a choice. We can choose to dwell on the negative, or we can live. I am choosing to live."She just looked at me. Then she left.
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Good for you! We all have a choice every morning as to how we are going to spend the day! It is so much better to be happy than to be whiny!
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I have known too many people like this. It is as if some people think suffering is their chance to win Gold in the Hardship Olympics. Which just makes me wonder how much more they could do if they had hope?
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