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 about 2 months ago
Learn to leave people alone.
BasilBruce about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
I can relate to Rat here.
Cornelius Noodleman about 2 months ago
That’s gotta hurt.
juncarlo about 2 months ago
Not only does Rat keep himself miserable, he makes the people around him miserable. And that applies to many rude people.
blunebottle about 2 months ago
Pig’s mistake: giving him a choice.
3nemesis about 2 months ago
Well, the choice seems to have cured him anyway.
Gent about 2 months ago
Beaten pork for breakfast eh.
Bilan about 2 months ago
Today’s lesson for Pig: Non-morning people do not like cheerfulness in the morning.
Keno21 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Life always presents challenges, how to respond to them is up to you!
_lounger_ about 2 months ago
looks like Rat’s mood improved, though
Purple People Eater about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Why does pig always choose this route?
mrwiskers about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Don’t worry…. be happy.
HunterZero000 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Pig isn’t totally wrong. There can be joy in mourning, key phrase being “can be.”
Linguist about 2 months ago
I’m an early riser but don’t try to talk to me until I’ve had my first cup of caffeine!
ksu71 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
I LOVE taunting non-morning people!
Norris66 about 2 months ago
Morning has Broken over his head.
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Pig had to learn the hard way once again
ladykat about 2 months ago
He wasn’t taunting you, he was trying to help.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 months ago
No, just don’t someone in a bad mood. Most of the time, they just get worked out.
Katje about 2 months ago
We call this “Pork chops”. :)
RaulMartinez about 2 months ago
Happiness is a purchase.
ChessPirate about 2 months ago
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AtariDragon about 2 months ago
“Happy” literally means “lucky”.
KageKat about 2 months ago
Toxic positivity is called that name for a reason!
zeexenon about 2 months ago
This long ago retired person gets up when HE feels like it. But, still, quickly takes his strong coffee fix habit.
Ermine Notyours about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
WHERE’S MY SUNDAY PUN??!! I NEED MY SUNDAY PUN.
Moriarty11 Premium Member about 2 months ago
You write a country-western song about it and come a millionaire
CleverHans Premium Member about 2 months 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® about 2 months ago
….. Cue Bobby McFarren.
Mr Pets about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Don’t taunt Happy Fun Ball either.
willie_mctell about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
That attitude has made Garfield a fortune.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Rat is quite right.
blindavocado Premium Member about 2 months ago
People are about as happy as they choose to be- Abraham Lincoln
blindavocado Premium Member about 2 months ago
Happiness is a serious problem - Dennis Prager
Komix Lover about 2 months 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 about 2 months ago
Eddie Lawrence will now do his famous routine—-“The Old Philosopher”