I Always Try to See The Brighter Side, Therefore I Can be Somewhat Happier

Actually I just want to share some of my thoughts on how sometimes I can be overly positive thinking on just everything. Sometimes it scares the hell out of me too, thinking how can I be so overly optimist about almost anything. I don't know exactly where does it come from or when it started to happen. Maybe it just comes naturally, but I don't think so, because as far as I can remember, I was already kind of too skeptical even as a little girl that my dad always said I often act like an apathetic wimpy old man, that I should not give up before even starting, etc. I remember how he always try to encourage me to do better at class, to get better grade, to be the best at everything (speaking of typical Asian parent), even using some proverbs and parables while all I've ever did was stating the truth about how I was not really the brightest of the class but somehow I could offer him some bargaining about the score. For example I promised him to get a minimum score of 90 in English and Bahasa, which I excel best at school back then, 75 in Science and Social studies, and then 60 for Math. And of course he objected. I said "Oh. We had no deal then.", resulting my dad became pissed off. Haha! What an annoying kid I was back then. Tsk!

Anyway, back to the real topic. I met up with some my ex-colleagues just yesterday to catch up on some news and exchanging stories about what's going on lately. And I just knew that one of them, my colleague-turns-BFF at previous work, has resigned and will not going to work there on Monday. *I sincerely congratulates her for some unspeakable reason*. Then as usual we talked about silly things, yes, we did gossip about some people we both know and other people we don't know because that's how a casual social catch up event between friends suppose to happen. We talk about some important issues, some unimportant issues that might as well be forgotten once we end the session, laugh at some funny things, etc. And at some point it did hit me. "Wow!", I thought, I never imagined what my life would be if I never worked in my previous workplace before. Yes, even if it was mostly not enjoyable (I whine each and every day during it), but still I had some fun too, learned a lot of things, meet kinds of people, and eventually befriend some of them! TBH I never really liked working at my previous working place. I often had nightmares and strangely got sick often IDK why, it just happened. There, I said it. But for some reason, I am also grateful that I did, because I SEE THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF MY miserable WORKING PERIODS! No kidding. If I never been there, I wouldn't have known my friends, I wouldn't have realized that there are some 'certain kind of people' in this world, and how to encounter them, and I wouldn't be able to learn how to survive in 'that' kind of conditions and environments.

So what I want to state is: No matter how bad things are, you can always make some sunshine and rainbow out of it by simply switching your point of view. Look at the brighter side instead of drowning in the darker one. Easy for me to say because well, I'm that kind of person, but you can try, can't you? :)