Quote

[wowie]

I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington

Comments

[pusspower.livejournal.com]

I agree with that. A similar quote:

Things do not change; we change.
-Henry David Thorough

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

There's another one I don't remember who to attribute to:

Life is 90% attitude, 10% circumstance. :)

[fomocobaby.livejournal.com]

True that, MW.

It's not uncommon to see people who have everything to be thankful for in a mope, while people who have relatively little feel good about their lives. Or some people who can withstand profound heartbreak and others that fall apart at the slightest disappointment...

[fernande.livejournal.com]

I agree up to a point but it's awfully difficult to keep cheerful when everyone and everything around you is falling to pieces...

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

Sure is but I've seen people that somehow manage to keep a pretty good attitude in some pretty nasty circumstances. Amazing. I get a teen in a bad mood and it rubs off on me!

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

half empty, or half full, you?

[fomocobaby.livejournal.com]

hmmm...hard to say. I'd say I'm a skeptical optimist. I want to believe in the best possible outcomes. I hate dwelling on the negative, and I can't stand whining (some complaining is perfectly natural, of course).

But I'm not inclined to trust people/things/ideas until I can test them out first.