BEING HAPPY OR NOT

There is a good, very good Blog in the ESL podcast site where we, the English students can write which ever subject we like.
It could be about the theme that is suggested by our teachers, Jeff, Lucy or Warren, but it could be
also about other subjects pupils could suggest or write.

Just here there is an example of what I have written this morning.

Theme:WHAT MAKES US HAPPY?   It has been Warren, our profesor who suggest the theme and some of us have written some replies:

If you want to read what Warren has written, and the pupils thoughts, just see the web site:

http://www.eslpod.com/eslpod_blog/2013/05/16/what-makes-us-happy/#comments

My thougts of this morning, personal thoughts of course, has been those:

"Good Saturday Warren and every one of you friends of the Blog.
In this moment I don´t know if there are more replies on the air or only there are the tree I could see now.
Well in the air there are at least two from emiliano that are awaiting moderation from yesterday….ja,ja, yes it is a long time to moderate.
It seems to me Jeff or Lucy have a lot of things to do, just Reading every one of the notes and moderate them. Hard work my friends.

Having time enough to write, again I doing them a Little more work to moderate, sorry dear teachers.

Thinking about the topic Warren has done to us now I have asked myself now: What makes you happy now emiliano?.
Just today it is simple, First of all “I have not depression as I had last year”…the lack of it makes me feel happy despite there are reasons
to feel not so happy, of course.

But first I want to think about what make me to be happy now.

Reasons to be happy:

First lack of depression, as last year I had one, a very bad year.
First too, I have here at my side dear Cuca 43 years together and still loving each other.
First also, my daughters are good, I suppose as there is a long time without news from two of them.

Second I have a house and money enough to be relaxed and live more or less well
Second I have my cat gatufo
Second too I have a nice woman that comes home every day to help me with house chores and taken care of Cuca so I am more relaxed
Second too my daughter E... writes every morning, all days since 12 years, to her mami Cuca and both of them are happy with their mails.

Third I have lot of time free to write, to read or listen to music, but I could also to take a walk but going alone in a big city like Madrid
it is not an attractive option. I would like to go with my wife or to be other place to see the sea or the montains, this city is too much seen
for me. All my life here……
Third too I have still some good friends since a long long time that use to come home to see us frequently.
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Reasons to be not so happy:  
 My dear friend C....... is really too bad, it seems she can´t fight to recover herself from the cáncer, but hope is the last feeling to be lost
Dear Cuca has a disease without any hope since more than twelf years, but she resist a day after another and her humor is good enough to survive and even be happy.
Not any news from my younger two daughters F.. and L..

F.... is living in Madrid but never call us, never comes and the last message she sent me was  saying “please let me stay in peace”.
A year and a half without seeing her, it is too hard for me or her mother. But I hope she is well enought…cross my fingers.

L... is in Copenhaguen and got ungry with me (or even her mother) for something so stupid as political questions or subjects. The result some months without news  also, but again I think she is all right doing the work she likes more. 

So, put the reasons on the balance and wich will be the result?

Well, I do think the resons to be happy weight just more than the others. In fact nothing wrong is happening so yes, now I feel happy.
The worst, but usual already, it is Cuca has multiple sclerosis without hopes to be right, but it is her, our, usual state of things for more than twelve years.
Even the worst it is our dear C..... seems to be really bad, I can´t accustomed to this bad situation, bad after nine months thinking on her a day after  another it seems it is too real.

These morning, when I don´t see any new comments on the ESL Blog, these are my thoughts.

Thank you to all who has the patience of reading thil long statement that some how gives me some peace. It is said that writing own thoughts or painting  it is the best self therapy.

Thanks my friends".

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Go ahead friends.....and be happy.

el gatufo