Comments on: On happiness http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2007/05/on-happiness/ a mom in medicine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allison http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2007/05/on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-3574 Allison Tue, 15 May 2007 19:22:54 +0000 http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2007/05/14/on-happiness/#comment-3574 What a timely post - I've been responding a lot lately to the blogs that reflect troubling times (and it seems a lot of my online acquaintances have been having one heckuva spring!) but I am one of those people who can't help falling into the role of comforter no matter what is happening in my own life. Maybe it's selfish indulgence, something to make me feel better by comparison, but I genuinely mean the things I say, and I know that anyone who writes in general writes to be read - it helps to know that in the hardest of times we are heard. I still read the happy blogs, but my comments there are admittedly more limited and simplified. With my own postings, I rarely get ANY comments on the good stuff, but plenty of advice and condolences when it's a gloomy dramatic addition to the interwebs. I don't find the happy stuff boring, and I enjoy hearing about the big and little victories and joys of other people's lives, but I find that adding my kudos and congratulatory wishes to a long list of similar responses can be kind of redundant. I think with the best of friendships, and the most sincere acquaintances, pleasure at seeing each other successful and happy is an unspoken given. But your musings here make me wonder if maybe I should speak up about those positive things more often... What a timely post – I’ve been responding a lot lately to the blogs that reflect troubling times (and it seems a lot of my online acquaintances have been having one heckuva spring!) but I am one of those people who can’t help falling into the role of comforter no matter what is happening in my own life. Maybe it’s selfish indulgence, something to make me feel better by comparison, but I genuinely mean the things I say, and I know that anyone who writes in general writes to be read – it helps to know that in the hardest of times we are heard.

I still read the happy blogs, but my comments there are admittedly more limited and simplified. With my own postings, I rarely get ANY comments on the good stuff, but plenty of advice and condolences when it’s a gloomy dramatic addition to the interwebs. I don’t find the happy stuff boring, and I enjoy hearing about the big and little victories and joys of other people’s lives, but I find that adding my kudos and congratulatory wishes to a long list of similar responses can be kind of redundant.

I think with the best of friendships, and the most sincere acquaintances, pleasure at seeing each other successful and happy is an unspoken given. But your musings here make me wonder if maybe I should speak up about those positive things more often…

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