And Her Cup Driveth Over...

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A neighbor of ours has a bumper sticker that says:

"All of Life comes to me with ease and joy and glory."

I'll give you a minute...

I know. I just barfed too.

I'm a fairly happy and optimistic person. I like to joke quite a bit as you probably can gather by the posts that I usually write. But, I often deal with depression and am extremely angry with the way society is headed. Mainly because I'm paying attention.

I'm not bitter. Not that bitter. But, when I see a bumper sticker that says, "All of Life comes to me with ease and joy and glory.", I'd be lying if I said this didn't cross my mind,


and then asking, "Oh yeah? YEAH??? WHAT ABOUT NOW??? HUH, BITCH? WHERE'S THE EASE AND JOY AND GLORY NOW??? Yeah...that's what I thought."

A little evil of me?

Maybe.

A little bitter of me?

Probably.

But I'd like to cut the crap and would rather see a bumper sticker that says something like,

"MUCH of Life comes to me with joy and blah-blah. And I'm really grateful for it."

Or,

"I hope that I can always CONVEY joy, peace and blah-blah. Especially in the face of adversity."

Or,

"You know what? This sucks. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's not. Sometimes there's joy, peace and blah-blah. And sometimes, I want to fuck people up so bad it's not even funny."

Or,

"Fucking eat my blah-blah, asshole, you're too close."

The whole, "ALL of life comes to me..." just seems less of a statement/mantra and more of a demand. And the "ease" part seems a little delusional, with a slight lack of humility and gratitude.

I'm not wishing for her or anyone to not be extremely happy. Quite the contrary. I would obviously love it if everyone on the planet were so damn happy that the only things we all had to worry about were crabs and scabies.

We'd be one happy, itchy species.

But, it's all about perspective. We know that we're happy because we've been sad. And we know what sorrow is like because we have joy and peace to compare it to. But, to just state the whole "ALL" thing pisses me off for some reason. And I'm still trying to figure out why.

And the "ease" thing pisses me off too. Life is pretty amazing, but not always. And it's certainly not easy.

And if she really does fart butterflies?

Then, I'll have what she's having.

And besides all that???

The other day, she demonstrated her joy and glory when it appeared that she was about to run me and the dogs over with ease.