Pig had it wrong anyway; you can’t choose to be happy or sad, any more than you can choose not to bleed if you’re wounded. It just doesn’t work that way.
I have a rule: Not only do I not make any decisions the first hour I am up, I will not ALLOW myself to make any, and absolve myself from any pressure. Makes getting up so much more manageable.
I have a question for those who say happiness is a choice…
Suppose that, through no fault of your own, you lose your job, your spouse takes the kids and runs off with someone else, and, because you can’t make payments, since you don’t have a job, the bank forecloses on your mortgage, you lose your home, and your car is repossessed. To top it all off, your doctor tells you you have a brain tumor and at most six months to live. Would you still chose to be happy?
When I wake up, before leaving my bed, I lay there thinking of three things for which I am grateful. While ruminating, usually smiling, I sometimes doze back. Other times I get up feeling peaceful and calm.
Esp in the morning. BTW… Our Be❤️ed Hero and God Bless America Patriot Extraordinaire, The Handsome ❤️Count is very much a Morning Person! And whole❤️edly channels Hobbes and Garfield with the nap stuff.
Speaking of the choice thing here’s a random fact: When websites give you a choice they sometimes make the “no” button sound horrible so that the people on the website will choose yes
I knew a gal that couldn’t (or more accurately, wouldn’t!) be civil until her first cuppa joe in the AM. I always thought, “do you ever plan on growing up?” Unfortunately, some folks choose not to their whole lives. Fortunately for me in my situation, they’re easy to keep at arm’s length…(or farther, preferably! Lol!)
Since happy and unhappy are actually triggered by electrochemical events not under conscious control, about the best you can do is try to behave in a manner that minimizes unhappy trigger events and try to find behavior that will minimize the electrochemical responses. It still won’t do much about your first born being hit by a car driven by bipolar guy off his meds and under the influence of meth and acid.
I just lost my husband of 42 years, three days after he passed our water line and sewer line collapsed, and neither one covered by insurance, and no life insurance
Ohhh yes, morning people are the worst in the morning. For some reason they think being cherry and talkative when you first wake up makes your day. Then they don’t understand why you can’t be just like them.
BE THIS GUY 25 days ago
Learn to leave people alone.
BasilBruce 25 days ago
Pig had it wrong anyway; you can’t choose to be happy or sad, any more than you can choose not to bleed if you’re wounded. It just doesn’t work that way.
hariseldon59 25 days ago
I can relate to Rat here.
Cornelius Noodleman 25 days ago
That’s gotta hurt.
juncarlo 25 days ago
Not only does Rat keep himself miserable, he makes the people around him miserable. And that applies to many rude people.
blunebottle 25 days ago
Pig’s mistake: giving him a choice.
3nemesis 25 days ago
Well, the choice seems to have cured him anyway.
Gent 25 days ago
Beaten pork for breakfast eh.
Bilan 25 days ago
Today’s lesson for Pig: Non-morning people do not like cheerfulness in the morning.
Keno21 25 days ago
I have a rule: Not only do I not make any decisions the first hour I am up, I will not ALLOW myself to make any, and absolve myself from any pressure. Makes getting up so much more manageable.
iggyman 25 days ago
Life always presents challenges, how to respond to them is up to you!
_lounger_ 25 days ago
looks like Rat’s mood improved, though
Purple People Eater 25 days ago
I have a question for those who say happiness is a choice…
Suppose that, through no fault of your own, you lose your job, your spouse takes the kids and runs off with someone else, and, because you can’t make payments, since you don’t have a job, the bank forecloses on your mortgage, you lose your home, and your car is repossessed. To top it all off, your doctor tells you you have a brain tumor and at most six months to live. Would you still chose to be happy?
mrwiskers 25 days ago
Why does pig always choose this route?
mrwiskers 25 days ago
When I wake up, before leaving my bed, I lay there thinking of three things for which I am grateful. While ruminating, usually smiling, I sometimes doze back. Other times I get up feeling peaceful and calm.
Ignatz Premium Member 25 days ago
In the older sense of the word, happiness IS connected to good things happening to you. That’s WHY the word is “happy.”
Ellis97 25 days ago
Rat isn’t a morning person, a day person or a night person. In fact, he’s not even a person at all.
Count Olaf Premium Member 25 days ago
Esp in the morning. BTW… Our Be❤️ed Hero and God Bless America Patriot Extraordinaire, The Handsome ❤️Count is very much a Morning Person! And whole❤️edly channels Hobbes and Garfield with the nap stuff.
The Fly Hunter 25 days ago
Don’t worry…. be happy.
HunterZero000 25 days ago
I’m not much of a morning person either. I force myself to get up so I can read Pearls Before Swine.
Goat from PBS 25 days ago
Pig isn’t totally wrong. There can be joy in mourning, key phrase being “can be.”
Linguist 25 days ago
I’m an early riser but don’t try to talk to me until I’ve had my first cup of caffeine!
ksu71 25 days ago
♫ Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd ♫
♫ Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd ♫
♫ Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd ♫
♫ But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to ♫
l.vaillancourt 25 days ago
I LOVE taunting non-morning people!
Norris66 25 days ago
Morning has Broken over his head.
Cameron1988 Premium Member 25 days ago
Pig had to learn the hard way once again
ladykat 25 days ago
He wasn’t taunting you, he was trying to help.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 25 days ago
No, just don’t someone in a bad mood. Most of the time, they just get worked out.
Katje 25 days ago
We call this “Pork chops”. :)
RaulMartinez 25 days ago
Happiness is a purchase.
ChessPirate 25 days ago
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AtariDragon 25 days ago
“Happy” literally means “lucky”.
KageKat 25 days ago
Toxic positivity is called that name for a reason!
zeexenon 25 days ago
This long ago retired person gets up when HE feels like it. But, still, quickly takes his strong coffee fix habit.
Ermine Notyours 25 days ago
“Turn that frown upside down! It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.”
AAAGHHHHH! SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!
In other news, I may have a job next week, so staying on a morning schedule has paid off.
Tortured Nate 25 days ago
WHERE’S MY SUNDAY PUN??!! I NEED MY SUNDAY PUN.
Moriarty11 Premium Member 25 days ago
You write a country-western song about it and come a millionaire
CleverHans Premium Member 25 days ago
Since it is Sunday, I will point out that Solomon was apparently not a morning person.
“If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.” Proverbs 27:14
DonCoyote® 25 days ago
….. Cue Bobby McFarren.
Mr Pets 24 days ago
Speaking of the choice thing here’s a random fact: When websites give you a choice they sometimes make the “no” button sound horrible so that the people on the website will choose yes
wildlandwaters 24 days ago
I knew a gal that couldn’t (or more accurately, wouldn’t!) be civil until her first cuppa joe in the AM. I always thought, “do you ever plan on growing up?” Unfortunately, some folks choose not to their whole lives. Fortunately for me in my situation, they’re easy to keep at arm’s length…(or farther, preferably! Lol!)
TIMH 24 days ago
Don’t taunt Happy Fun Ball either.
willie_mctell 24 days ago
Since happy and unhappy are actually triggered by electrochemical events not under conscious control, about the best you can do is try to behave in a manner that minimizes unhappy trigger events and try to find behavior that will minimize the electrochemical responses. It still won’t do much about your first born being hit by a car driven by bipolar guy off his meds and under the influence of meth and acid.
donnagant622 Premium Member 24 days ago
I just lost my husband of 42 years, three days after he passed our water line and sewer line collapsed, and neither one covered by insurance, and no life insurance
eddi-TBH 24 days ago
That attitude has made Garfield a fortune.
Aladar30 Premium Member 24 days ago
Rat is quite right.
blindavocado Premium Member 24 days ago
People are about as happy as they choose to be- Abraham Lincoln
blindavocado Premium Member 24 days ago
Happiness is a serious problem - Dennis Prager
Komix Lover 24 days ago
Ohhh yes, morning people are the worst in the morning. For some reason they think being cherry and talkative when you first wake up makes your day. Then they don’t understand why you can’t be just like them.
fourteenpeeves 23 days ago
Eddie Lawrence will now do his famous routine—-“The Old Philosopher”