Positively Annoying

It certainly has been a while now hasn't it? I guess I should start with the basics. Sometimes life sucks. It's true. Think about all the times in your life that the smallest thing just wasn't right and it ruined everything you wanted, planned, or anticipated. Some days you just wear the wrong coat, other days you're riding a moped in a sleet storm, and sometimes the one person you think you might be happy with has decided that you should remain friends. It is a never ending pool of suck. I would like to address something called "The Secret." It's a book that emphasizes the use of positive thinking and putting energy out in the universe to get what you want. There are countless zealots that live with this mentality, believing that if they think hard enough about something, it will come true. Any mention of ruining their fantastic reality is like the greatest taboo ever to exist. Don't get me wrong, I think that everyone is entitled to their beliefs, and if they believe that leeches will cure their blood disease I say "Latch on my leeches!" but the irony is that these positive thinkers aren't okay with just thinking positive thoughts themselves, they have to drag others into their bizarre mentality, and that means no more free thought.
Positive thought isn't a bad thing. In fact, if we only reflect on all the negative things in our life with a cynical eye and a feeling of resentment from the rest of the world, we end up in a strange trance with an aura that makes others prefer being in a construction zone outhouse than staying within proximity of a negative thinker. So now you're probably asking yourself "But Awesome Blog Writer! What do you have against all these positive thinkers?" And the answer is nothing. What I do have a lot of flack for, however, are people that refuse to see the humor, the strength, the wisdom, the comfort, and the joy to be found in the suck. So often we want what we want, but how well do we really know what we need? We spend so much time pushing out negative forces not realizing that they are only for our benefit. Without these negative forces there is only our will, and when farmer are praying for rain and you're praying for nice weather, you might consider how selfish positive thinking can be.
Everyone has potential to be happy if they don't view things as negative, but potential. Someone stood you up? They're not reliable! Can't get your car to start? There's an accident on the highway! Feeling like it can't get worse? Remember that feeling because there will always be someone around you that needs that kind of reassurance that things always get better. There is no endless suck. Suck ends. If you can just learn to hang on for a few more moments, you'll see that it isn't your destiny to suffer forever. Sure, in those moments when everything is falling apart, you can't help but feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, but sometimes you sit in the dark and laugh until you cry. It's healthy...in a weird kind of not literally way. So don't ignore the moments that you don't want, figure out why it's important to you, and you'll find that life has the best education you can get. That's a stirred philosophy in a tea cup.