17 Seconds to Paradise

I used to say that anyone deserves at least 20 minutes for a pity party... it takes 5 minutes to really work it up, 10 minutes to belt it out and 5 minutes to close. A good pity party should have carefully chosen invitations - choose people that have seen you at your best so they can stand the party. Some people don't know the rules of the pity party and they don't send invitations.

Then...

It is no longer just 20 minutes... when you have no invitees you can have pity parties that last for days. Silently berating yourself, noticing all the trivial meaningless things that you give weighty value to so they can seem important and burdensome to you. The world is a venue for disgust and repulsion and everything can make you unhappy. This is very debilitating. Trust me NEVER throw a pity party without a friend.

Friends will keep you on track, remind you when the 20 minutes are over and never, ever let you get an extension. There is no thought that you can't bring about and if you spend time focusing on those things that make you unhappy - you will bring them about. If I said to you that you can make anything happen if you thought about it clearly enough - would you do it?

Keep a good thought... something that makes you smile that crooked smile... hold it for 17 seconds and I promise more will come flooding in. This is the ice cream cake of the pity party. One good thought that you keep for 17 seconds.

Try it!