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Tony, I hope that Colin will pay attention. I've tried various ways to point out to him that it is his choice to be miserable by focusing on the negatives around him, stopping and sightseeing the wreckage as it were. I am reminded of a line from the NCIS TV series that my dear Linda likes so much.
In it, agent Gibbs comments: If it seems that you are going through Hell... keep going.
In another episode, Gibbs comments: If you think that life is a bowl of cherry pits, remember all the cherries you had to eat to get it that way.
I see it this way: Even with a bunch of negatives, you can see bad times as torture or you can see them as the "downs" that let you recognize and more deeply appreciate the "ups" that have to go with them. They are part and parcel of living.
In it, agent Gibbs comments: If it seems that you are going through Hell... keep going.
In another episode, Gibbs comments: If you think that life is a bowl of cherry pits, remember all the cherries you had to eat to get it that way.
I see it this way: Even with a bunch of negatives, you can see bad times as torture or you can see them as the "downs" that let you recognize and more deeply appreciate the "ups" that have to go with them. They are part and parcel of living.