Misery is Contagious

Everyone has known, and possibly loved, a miserable s.o.b. The tragedy of this is that they seldom do anything to change their outlook and prospects. The sorry sacks get addicted to complaining and having something to complain about, so their efforts are more in line with perpetuating the problems instead of fixing the issue.  They are the ones that will double down on their last bets knowing that they need to walk away before they lose the farm.Working, living, and being friends with these nabobs of negativity can really drain others around them. I had a relative who probably in this category, but I was rather young when they passed through the veil so my memory was small in comparison to the others around.

I do remember having some aversion to interacting with them because it was frustrating. I was told very divisive things and some very adult things that a child of that age should not have been told. I don't remember them having visitors or ever having pleasant conversation with anybody.

Later, as I aged, I meet others cut from this cloth and it reinforced my aversion to these attitudes. What you maybe wondering how my outlook on life is designed. I consider myself a realist, and hopefully anyone who writes about me see that to be true. I am not a Debbie Downer but I do not think that anything is going to be a 100% positive plan or experience. Having this outlook never leaves me total disappointed and when things actually work out as planned, I get left pleasantly surprised.

So, once again, I am headed to teach my class and interaction with this low functioning person, trying to not let them taint my performance.  Utilizing the same space with this individual is fought with pitfalls and sand traps. I had a good day yesterday and really want to turn it into a streak but I am not very hopeful.

These types of personality types are often most upset when you are not in the same sinking boat as they are. In other words, they want you to be just like them and when you don't act like they act, you piss them off the most, just by being true about who you are genuinely. How dare you not be upset as they are upset! Who are you to take a different outlook or hold on to your own beliefs?

Misery is contagious.  Better said, misery is forced onto others more often than happiness because a lot of the miserable go out of their way to get you on board with them so that you are just as bad off, if not worse. I am not saint but this isn't a part of my path. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even if they are wrong. I will defend your right to your opinion, no matter what, but I will also defend my right to my position. The world is not black and white for me, nor is it adversarial at every turn. 

Peace be granted unto you, especially you miserable s.o.b.'s.