Trust me, the Dalai Lama didn’t say this:
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
For those of you not old enough to remember Groucho, I bet you still know who he is from the funny eyebrow & big schnoz masks that still pop up in costume stores. He was a marvel, a precursor to Woody Allen without the angst…And this quote seems to crystallize his ability to deal with the weirdness of being human.
It is funny, or sad, that knowing I have the total choice to be happy or not, how often I choose to be miserable. Especially with all the crap in the world. It’s great being an outsider, I’ve got a built in source to blame it all on! Celebrate. Think of all the people who have jobs, meaningful lives, great families, and they still complain…..at least we’re unemployed!
