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Originally Posted by WastingAsparagus
Personally, I don't think karma is there to imprison us in our present lives. I think it's there to teach us things about ourselves. For example, I have a serious mental illness. I could look at that in two ways. One of the ways would be looking at it negatively like it's a curse. It is a curse in some ways, truthfully. But I could also look at it as an opportunity to learn more about myself and about the world. It's never been helpful for me to look at my mental illness as a curse, thus. I look at it as an event. It's an event that changed my life. I get to decide whether I look at it in a positive or negative way. I can also choose to see it neutrally.
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Thanks for your thoughts, and I love your perspective!
I have been a proponent of positive thinking and of choosing positive thoughts over negative thoughts, yet when I am depressed, everything is colored far more negatively. It's like a dark blanket clouds my entire perspective. And I am currently depressed. When I am feeling better, I see all the positives, and I see that I do have a choice in how I view my life. Interesting how depression works that way.
I keep trying to also see all the amazing aspects of my life too. I mean, I've traveled the world and have lived in four different counties. I've lived all over the US in various states, and I've done some amazing things. But I've also had a very very hard life too. So it's like I have polar opposites going on and right now, all I see is the hardship.