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February 23rd, 2008

Cheerfulness

Posted At: 7:48pm by Anan

Recently my dear friend Sarah (who authors the Adiaphoron) told me that I'm always cheerful. I denied that of course. She then stated it again and I let it stay at that.

What she said made me realize something halfway profound! When I am around people who assume that I am always cheerful, I feel cheerful! If they are treating me in a cheerful manner, it is partly becuase they believe that I will be cheerful right back! So perhaps... if *I* treat other people in the way I would if they were being cheerful themselves, they *would* be cheerful! Wouldn't you be more inclined to be cheerful if people weren't reacting to everything you said and did in a negative way?

I am very guilty of reacting to what people do and say in a negative manner. I know I won't be able to eradicate this behavior, but perhaps, by the grace of God, I can do better. Perhaps the way I behave towards my family members will improve the over all mood in the Horner house.

No doubt all of you haven fallen off of your chairs due to this creepily positive post. I honestly didn't give my password to some perky person! Annabelle wrote this all by herself! You can tell *that* by the quality of the grammar anyways.

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Re: Cheerfulness

Well, I like it. And I don't know about anyone else, but I feel more cheerful already Blogger Smiley Thanks, Anan!

Re: Cheerfulness

Well, I like it. And I don't know about anyone else, but I feel more cheerful already Blogger Smiley Thanks, Anan!


Everyone else is speechless of course! And you're quite welcome.

Re: Cheerfulness

I think it's cute the way you're so surprised with realizing something halfway profound, Annabelle daaaaaaling. Should i act as though you're bouncing with excitement all the time? Then maybe something exciting will happen! "Anna, stop! You're gonna knock into something. No seriously Anna, i need you to STOP! Calm! Down!" Eh, maybe it won't work.

Re: Cheerfulness

I think it's cute the way you're so surprised with realizing something halfway profound, Annabelle daaaaaaling. Should i act as though you're bouncing with excitement all the time? Then maybe something exciting will happen! "Anna, stop! You're gonna knock into something. No seriously Anna, i need you to STOP! Calm! Down!" Eh, maybe it won't work.


*sniff* I will never bounce again. Or say the word "profound". :p

Re: Cheerfulness

It's true!

When I say cheerful, I don't mean giddy, or bouncing off the walls with excitement.
I simply mean that you are an encouragement to the people around you by your attitude.

Now, you are probably going to answer that that can't be true because you are a cynical sarcastic mess (which I also deny, but let's assume that you are). Sarcasm is not a bad thing. I have never seen you hurt anybody with your sarcasm or make them the point of ridicule. Your sarcasm actually to me is a form of cheerfulness, because you can see the ridiculous side of everything.

When you cynically point out the ridiculous, life doesn't seem so seriously sad anymore. I am not out of my mind, I am quite serious about this. Your sarcastic cynicism makes me laugh at my own way too serious approach to life. It lightens my heart.

A despondent or depressed person is neither able to point out the ridiculous nor to gently mock an inconsistency, nor even to make light of (what I would consider to be) an overwhelmingly serious situation. You have a gift. You make me laugh. Try as I might, I am unable to be completely somber, sober and intensely serious around you.
You just make laughter bubble up inside of me.

As for people who are treated as happy, becoming happy, I think that this is a definite possibility. It obviously works the other way. When Snap and I act as if Mom is cranky, suddenly she becomes annoyed and grouchy. Whether treating Mom as happy would produce in her happiness, has not been tested.

Uh, yeah. I'm rambling again. Pray, forgive me....

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