What is your dominant emotion ?

@PoetryNEmotion How does one go through 55+ years of life and still manage to feel those things?

Most of us are beat down by life as early as our 20's.

@PoetryNEmotion glad

@CestManan I work in healthcare. I am appreciative of the joy of a breath, of the joy of life. I am actually 59. It is the number of years I have been on this earth. I feel like I am in my early forties. I live life mostly on my terms. I don't need a vacation. I surround myself in my own home with things that inspire me. I spin poetry. I write stories. I paint. I sketch. I hike. I dance. I sing. I work some. Then I take breaks. I lived unhappily for decades with a cold, confused man in a "marriage" that may have looked good from the outside. I divorced him when I finally realized I couldn't fix something that was unfixable and that I realized I deserved a happy life. I search for a partner to grow older with since my divorce. Happiness is a choice. If you think negative and depressed and hopeless, your life will follow that course. Your mindset is so vital. I urge everyone not to waste time. It can never be regained. So live now. Choose how to live. And be happy. Our life is not guaranteed, but we may live on our own terms. Thank you.

@PoetryNEmotion thank you for this comment, you may want to post this as a story. It will help a lot of people.

@SimplyLogicalDiscipline It is about life. My life. May I ask you why you aren't happy in your life? For the record, I spread the story about love being the way on this site. Thank you.

@PoetryNEmotion I am happy, sometimes trying to be the better version of myself,feels like a burden haha

@SimplyLogicalDiscipline It is easier to be happy when one's mindset is positive. I am glad you are trying though. Many just like to wallow in their negativity and depression and never make an effort. I remember being unhappy and depressed and worse in my past. I wasted many years in that unhappy relationship. I think, as women, we tend to stay even after we realize we cannot fix or improve a situation. That counts against us in terms of time. If only people realized this....Thank you for this chat. Be safe.