don't accuse me of experting, but i solidly believe that happy people have a full range of human emotions, too. the biggest difference i see between the happy woman i am today and the miserable wretch i was when i was constantly angry is that i have learned how to accept and manage my full range of emotions. these days i consider myself happy, despite the fact that i still need my anger management tools.

happy people have bad days, too, especially when hungry. when i am hungry and lose my temper because of it, i am not "angry." i am hangry. add a car accident to hunger and hanger is inevitable. . . anger channeling time. . . after i eat.

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i'm kinda superstitious about things like claiming to be a happy woman. it seems to be a jinx to brag about the positive things in my life.

Well no one happy all the time. And any issues with my car creates frustration for me. I hope you are ok and weren’t too jolted. I feel I generally happy too and I find to not stay in the emotions extended is the goal but we can have our moments. We are human. Have a great weekend.

I'm glad your neck feels better. I am also glad no damage to the cars. I am smiya little because I've been dropping the F a lot the last couple of weeks. Screaming at the top of my lungs ...but only while driving

Wow! Thanks Ladies! You make me feel better! I'm glad that you could follow my post. God and my bladder woke me up early this morning and that was so cool! arfie, yes, I am constantly canceling out my thoughts because of being afraid of being jinxed. On January 28, 2022, I was out with a friend. I pulled out of the stall but misjudged and hit the car next to me. My car insurance went up. Ever since then, I have been so paranoid about getting into an accident. I pull out of stalls like a turtle, checking and checking. Yesterday, I got brave and didn't crawl and got into the accident. I yelled at the woman who hit me and she said I was giving her attitude. I was having an "I knew this was going to happen" moment. She said she was pulling out too and checked every which way. I said that i did too. She was cursing when i left. Serenity, I am happy most of the time but I do get mad somewhat easily. Mel, thanks for making me feel like I'm not totally insane! I have to be at my best friend's by about 7:15 a.m. and she is 45 minutes away from me. I printed out the yard sale list. I am stressed about having to go to dinner later. My brother is super excited about going out to dinner. He asked me if I was interested in dinner and I didn't even have a chance to get back to him and he had made the reservations. So I am stressed. I don't know whether to pack an outfit and makeup or what. Ugh! Thanks again everyone!

Glad you first are okay and the car.
I think I mention in my journals a lot about not allowing myself to be happy becasue it’s a jinx.
So, wow , others feel the same way! Such an awful way to be but I do it all the time.
Hope you went to dinner and enjoyed. So great you and your brother do that.

Thanks Marian! I did go out to dinner. My brother treated me and asked me to just leave the tip. Back in 1992, I was having symptoms of MS. I was working 2 jobs. My legs felt really weak but I decided to go out with a friend that night. I said to myself "watch me meet someone tonight" which would figure since I wasn't feeling well. Sure enough, I met someone and we dated for almost 3 years. There is power in our thoughts and words. I try to think positive and if I have a negative thought, I say "cancel, cancel". I've been up for 2 hours and it's 4:50 a.m. My cat and I are relaxing on the loveseat but I have some cleaning to do as someone is coming at 10 a.m. unless he cancels because of the rain. He has to go into my crawlspace. By the way, my doctor was wrong and I didn't have MS but rather, he should have changed my thyroid medicine to a lower dosage since I had lost 30 pounds.