The Authenticity of Sorrow
Why start a blog about happiness with a post about sorrow?
Well, if I had started from happiness I probably would have never written a book about happiness. I’m also guessing that most people don’t google “happiness” when they are happy!
So, let’s start here, at “not quite happy”.
Plus, I recently had a sorrow inducing event. I'm a happiness author and…I have been less than happy.
I took out my book and I looked at the things that make me happy and I just wasn’t there with it. It wasn’t time to “turn the frown upside down” (I hate that saying!).
I needed the space to cry – actually weeping would be more correct! I needed to get angry and allow myslef to be angry. It didn’t feel right to just stuff all that emotion and just “be happy”. That didn’t feel authentic to me.
I wanted to choose happiness – but not at the expense of avoiding or ignoring what was really going on.
So, I’m hanging with it.
Next time – Techniques for moving anger and sorrow.