Are you happy with your lot ?

[Alice in Blunderland]

Are you happy as you are ? Would you like to see changes.

For me I have my health my family and Im happy, life is good.

One or two minor things I would change however some are not in my control.

I would like to see this sticky mess that this country seems to be in sorted out and a better job security for many of my friends but otherwise........ Im happy with my lot. ( a phrase I got from my granny )


What about others ??

[shazzap]

A definite and resounding.............. NO.

[Commore]

Good post and one which should attract many comments,

Am I happy with my lot? In a nutshell no.
Why am I unhappy'
well having relocated to the area I had high expectations, I had imagined a certain dignity in my future, no or little stress and above all things, peace and quiet, instead I get what I left behind a certain amount stress, hassle, anxiety.........
and the wheels of power are so laid back they might just as well be on them, their backs that is,
frustration riding high at the apparent incompetence of the so very few that really could make a difference!
Here I am talking about the civil servants in their extremely comfortable positions in their nice warm offices and their nice big cars.
Not for them to bother themselves with what's going on on the ground so to speak,
not for them to bother to acknowledge an email or a phone call and as for the possibility of a visit, well that is just pie in the sky.

I don't think that there is anywhere else in the entire UK, where there is such a lack-a-daisy attitude as there is up here,
is it I wonder that in the highlands, the highlanders are so aloof and happy with their lot, that nothing else matters.

[neilsermk1]

Good post and one which should attract many comments,

Am I happy with my lot? In a nutshell no.
Why am I unhappy'
well having relocated to the area I had high expectations, I had imagined a certain dignity in my future, no or little stress and above all things, peace and quiet, instead I get what I left behind a certain amount stress, hassle, anxiety.........
and the wheels of power are so laid back they might just as well be on them, their backs that is,
frustration riding high at the apparent incompetence of the so very few that really could make a difference!
Here I am talking about the civil servants in their extremely comfortable positions in their nice warm offices and their nice big cars.
Not for them to bother themselves with what's going on on the ground so to speak,
not for them to bother to acknowledge an email or a phone call and as for the possibility of a visit, well that is just pie in the sky.

I don't think that there is anywhere else in the entire UK, where there is such a lack-a-daisy attitude as there is up here,
is it I wonder that in the highlands, the highlanders are so aloof and happy with their lot, that nothing else matters.

The A9 runs in both directions

[Bobbyian]

I´m Happy with my LOT.....
A lovel Wife , Nice Kids , Nice Grandchildren, Nice Nieghbours, and a reasonably secure Job, I´m not that well off, but I can Pay my bills. Of course it could be better But as I said >I`m Happy with my Lot < It just so happens. I don´t have the scenary that I would have liked.

and why people have to be one better than the other and fight and stress themselves I will never understand.

[Hoida]

I am happy with my lot .Yes maybe afew changes I'd like with regard to family living so far away but hey we can't have everything.We only get out of life what we put in to it and I am happy.

[jings00]

aye, i do alright :-)

[shazzap]

I am happy with my lot .Yes maybe afew changes I'd like with regard to family living so far away but hey we can't have everything.We only get out of life what we put in to it and I am happy.

I am glad that you are happy with your lot.
But, have to say Hoida. That i don not believe that your quote.
You get out of life what you put into it, is.... Applicable to all.

[Dadie]

Yes im happy!
If you are not happy change the things you can to make things better and accept the things you cant!
Money cannot buy happiness but it would make being miserable more comfortable...etc..etc...

[golach]

Here I am talking about the civil servants in their extremely comfortable positions in their nice warm offices and their nice big cars.

I was a Civil Servant for 33 years, never owned a car, and standing on the quayside at Leith Docks at 3am on a January, tallying containers, was neither warm or comfortable. Leith docks example is just one of many I could list, not all Civil Servants work in doors!!!!!!!

But am I happy with my lot? Yes, maybe, no sure, depending on my mood.

[Kodiak]

It is very true...........Money does NOT buy you everything.............For No matter how much money you have, it will NOT buy you Poverty.

[upolian]

I'm happy,would like my mum to get better as soon as!

[Kodiak]

I was a Civil Servant for 33 years, never owned a car, and standing on the quayside at Leith Docks at 3am on a January, tallying containers, was neither warm of comfortable. Leith docks example is just one of many I could list, not all Civil Servants work in doors!!!!!!!

I was also a Civil Servant for Many Years. I was a Lighthouse Keeper and that was a Civil Service Job.

That was not only outside but in the middle of nowhere mostly. Out in all weather's, at times whem most people were cosy in bed. Sometimes out in the dead of night in a Blizzard clambering around on the top of a Lighthouse trying to keep the snow clear so as to show a Bright and Clear Light.

So I agree with you, not all Civil Servants work in a nice cosy & safe environment.

[squidge]

Me? yes yes yes yes yes. I dont have anything much. I dont own a house, I dont have any savings, Im too fat, I have a rather elderly car, I am waging a war with BT which drives me to distraction, I am irritated and annoyed by the current political impetus and I keep my soapbox in my bag for ready access lol, I am coppering up how much Christmas is going to cost with my eyes shut lol but....

I have a wonderful husband who loves to read in bed, funny, kind and intelligent grown up children, a completely thoughtless and self obsessed teenager who flashes the hints of the lovely man he will be....... occasionally lol and two darling and delightful babies who fill all our days with smiles and lovely parents in law. At least once a week my dining room is filled with chatter and laughter as some friends or other join us for dinner and I speak to my amazing mum almost every day as my dad listens on the handsfree ( they live in France).

Of course i have frustrations and stresses and moody days and days when it all seems a bit hard work. It hasnt always been this way for me but I am glad every day that i am where i am.

Now if you would just like to pass the bucket around you are excused if you would like to throw up lol.

[Angela]

It varies from day to day. I have three smashing grown up children, all settled with partners that I get on well with, two wonderful little granddaughters, some good friends and my lovely cat.

But I do miss my late husband and wish he was still here with me, I do wish I was in better health so I could do more, and I wish I didn't have to be always worrying about money and feeling anxious about the future.

I do worry not just about my own future but about my children's job and housing prospects and what the world will be like for my grandchildren.

I'm happy with my lot so long as I just take one day at a time and I don't think about it too much.

[teddybear1873]

It could be better, but then again it could be worse.

I haven't seen my kids in 2 years, so thats a negative.

I haven't seen my first grandchild, who is 6 months old, so there's another major negative.

If I was just a little closer to my kids and family, I would be happier.

The cost of living to me has shot up this last 2 years. If money wasn't such a factor, I certainly would be happier.

To me, there's seems to be more cons rather than pro's in life. I worry and wonder what It's going to be like for our grandchildren in 20-30 years time.

[lindsaymcc]

On a whole, yes Im happy.

I have 3 gorgeous children who are all healthy.

I am losing weight to try and get back to my pre-kid state, so thats a positive.

I have a roof over my head, it may not be "mine" in that we are Housing Association, but its water tight, warm and "home".

My husband isnt too goo health wise, but thanks to the NHS it is manageable at present.

Money is tight, and luxeries few, but happiness comes from within, not from material items. Not disputing the fact that a lottery win (or more than a tenner!) would change my life, but it would only bring happiness in terms of what I could do for others!

Ask me tomorrow, I could say something completely different, but right now, all is good, and my biggest concern is what to feed the kids for tea!

[onecalledk]

There is a lot of fear being peddled about in the world today, switch on the news and you hear of all the horrible things that human beings do to each other, read the paper more of the same.

Do people in todays world know how to find happiness? do they give thanks for what they HAVE as opposed to moan about what they dont have ?

Your question about happiness comes a couple of days after conversations with people about how lucky we are in this country as opposed to other countries. We dont live with the threat of someone coming to take us out of our beds in the middle of the night never to be seen again. We can go to hospital if need be and not have to worry about being able to pay for any treatment we might get whilst there etc etc .....

We perhaps need to focus on the positve and not give in to the negative. We each of us make our own reality, so we have a choice at any given moment in time to have the glass half full version of our reality or the glass half empty.

I wonder how rich we would be if for every negative thought or worry that skooshed into our heads we got a £1! Perhaps in this switched on at all times 24X7 world we should focus more on each moment of our lives. We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on what will happen next week or next year. We can only change our thoughts on a minute by minute basis.

Perhaps the happiest people alive are the people who refuse to listen to the negative. We can be happy at any point we choose, its up to us to give ourselves permission to be happy as no one else has the responsbility for our happiness but ourselves.



K
(as she skips off to hug the trees in her garden )

[Hoida]

I am glad that you are happy with your lot.
But, have to say Hoida. That i don not believe that your quote.
You get out of life what you put into it, is.... Applicable to all.

I do agree Shazzap it is not applicable to all and I should probably have said that

[Alan16]

It is very true...........Money does NOT buy you everything.............For No matter how much money you have, it will NOT buy you Poverty.

On a similar vain - if money can't buy you happiness you're not spending it right.

Anyway, am I happy with my lot? Yes. I'm in a long and happy relationship. I'm at uni doing a degree that I love. I have my own flat. And I'm currently lying in bed with some nice music on, relaxing on my day off. Life, right now, is good.