D1nk0 wrote:
I am person who is 100% INCAPABLE of blind faith. So If I am going to be hopeful then I have to have a TANGIBLE reason
for hope. So I would love to crawl out of my hardened shell of bitterness but ONLY if there is actually something waiting there for me. I have give SO MUCH MORE than Ive gotten back when it comes to people and Im f***ing TIRED of it. I just dont feel like giving anymore, its someone elses turn. I want something back, I want recognition, I want PROOF-then I'd be willing to lighten up and not be better anymore.
I think in the end different is bad - period. Things like bitterness or whatever else are just convenient scapegoats (and usually more biproduct than cause) for a lot of things that most people in society really can't or wouldn't want to have to admit to themselves about their world let alone another person.
I really try not to be bitter just because I don't like what it emotionally does to me. I also know that any proactive choices that I make to shoot for a hardened sense of optimism will go monetarily unrewarded for the most part. IMO choosing to take the brighter path has to be done so rather than measure it by payoff from other people I try to measure it in payoff in terms of how I feel about myself or how it eases up life in any general way.
Sure, its not the cure-all-end-all of internal strife but its one more piece to solidifying yourself emotionally. To me anything that's brought more stability has been a plus.