Happy Burden - Ep. 447

Those things that we blame
For our troubles and our blues, 
Could do with a reframe
If we so choose.

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Ep. 447 - Happy Burden

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

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Haha
My Happy Friends!

Those things that we blame
For our troubles and our blues, 
Could do with a reframe
If we so choose.

‘Cause the mark of getting over something is not just that we can talk about it, 
But that we can laugh about it, find the humor, and break its hold.
Yet what if it was traumatic, painful and sad? That’s surely more than we can permit!
But that’s exactly how you reclaim your strength, take your self image and remold.

I used to be bullied as a kid, and there were many years when I had no friends,
It wasn’t fair, it made me bitter and angry, reckless, destructive and hateful,
I daydreamed about all my enemies meeting grotesque and violent ends,
But it eventually stopped and I found people I could talk to and I was grateful.

Yet I still obsessed about it, for still it held power,
I was keeping all that fury fresh in my mind,
It still lingered and festered and turned my heart sour,
Making me unpleasant, unfriendly and unkind.

It was stupid, it was silly! Other people had it far worse than I did and didn’t crumble,
Why were my wounds still so fresh, I wondered--even as I was picking at the scabs,
I was doing this to myself! Oh, how my bullies would’ve laughed to see me stumble,
I was doing their work for them, even years later I was leaving myself open to their jabs.

I had to laugh and in so doing I had to let some of that oh-so-familiar ache go,
Pushing off that crushing load became a new source of inner strength,
What had been a constant hardship was turning into a positive energy flow,
And I had to smile at my Happy Burden for it helped bring me to this new wavelength.

Haha
Yowza