On 21 Jul 2018 at 9:51am Loretta wrote:
I just want to say I absolutely 100% love my life.
I am happy, my body is healthy, I have amazing children, a supportive family, I live in a lovely house and in a lovely environment, I lead an interesting & varied lifestyle, I access the great outdoors and beautiful surrounding countryside all of the time, I enjoy my job and I have lots of friends.
There is a great deal of negativity on this forum, and I want to say that some of us are actually enjoying life and are feeling positive about it.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 10:15am Earl of Lewess wrote:
You are very lucky to be blessed with both fortunate circumstances and a positive outlook. For those of us who, for whatever reason, have a more challenging time, the occasional rant on this forum may seem unnecessarily negative, but it's also a way of letting off steam.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 12:20pm Mum wrote:
loretta,Your happiness could disappear in an instant.Never forget how fragile life is.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 12:47pm @Mum wrote:
I'm all too aware of that @Mum.
I know exactly how fragile life is. And that is precisely why I am so incredibly grateful on a daily basis for the good things I have in my life.
And my gratefulness leaves me flabbergasted at the level of negativity on here. When actually, life is fragile for all of us, and therefore we should be grateful for what we have got, not moan endlessly about the subjects that are moaned about on this forum.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 1:40pm Madame x wrote:
This is the lewes forum!! i wouldn’t look here for positivity, . It’s best to take the lewes forum with a pinch of salt, but your positivity is gratefully received by me anyway ( cue many thumbs down)
On 21 Jul 2018 at 2:28pm The gardener wrote:
Nobody is interested in your smug life, or mine.
Why does the news thrive on disaster headlines?
Why do newspapers sell more when disaster strikes?
Positivity doesn’t sell.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 3:17pm Pedant wrote:
You don't lead an interesting & varied lifestyle Loretta. You either have a lifestyle or you live a life. And in what way are your children amazing? Surely children are just children. I know mine are.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 4:34pm Earl of Lewess wrote:
@Loretta - If it was as simple as choosing to be grateful and living in the moment , there'd be no call for psychotherapists or antidepressants. If you're flabbergasted, that suggests a lack of imagination, empathy or insight into the human condition. We all have a dark side and the Lewes Forum is a harmless way for some of us to vent our spleens without doing it in real life. Of course there are people who are far worse off, we all know that, but sadly that doesn't make any difference.
On 21 Jul 2018 at 11:11pm Uber baby wrote:
Lovely sentiments from Loretta - for many of us there is a lot to be grateful for. But I must admit I’m only on the forum to appreciate the cynical, wicked or whingeing posts...
On 22 Jul 2018 at 8:49pm Local wrote:
Genuinely happy for you Loretta. Ignore the filth above and enjoy it!
On 24 Jul 2018 at 9:42am Proper Local wrote:
Are your 'amazing' children called Auberon and Cordelia, by any chance?
On 25 Jul 2018 at 4:11pm Happy Local wrote:
It’s great living here and too many people on the Lewes Forum seem to have forgotten that. All the moaning and whingeing becomes so dull after a while. So there’s a homelessness and drugs problem- of course there is! It’s 2018 and these problems are everywhere and have to be managed. It’s not quite the end of the world, although many voices on the Forum suggest otherwise - lighten up, ditch your prejudices and enjoy this great summer we’re having for Chrissakes!