Public display of daily pages...

Public displays of affection are shunned, much like any attempts to open up thoughts to the world. Inasmuch as I share the healthy sense of apprehension to posting what could be perceived as private thoughts to the internet reading public, I do have to consider that it is quite unreasonable to expect that I would in any way draw a large audience of readers. In other words, nobody will read the gibberish I post, so what's the risk in exposing a bit of what I'm thinking???

Interesting how I've transitioned from the "lubricious declivity of despair" to "abnegating unhappiness". Did I do it through cognitive therapy? Perhaps I could argue that - especially if changing circumstances somehow equated to a "changed frame of mind" which cognitive therapy strives to achieve. The question is, did the cognitive therapy successfully lead to the altered frame of mind to affect the shift in circumstances that led to my happiness, or did the change in circumstances lead to the altered frame of mind? Did the chicken come before the egg, or the egg before the chicken? Does it really matter? I would argue not, unless you're a therapist and need to proclaim "success" (if you ever do read this, Patty, I'm happy to give you the credit!).

As trivial as it seems, it's good to acknowledge in writing that I am happier now than I was in my previous life, with some exceptions, for sure, but then again, aren't there always exceptions to the rule? I certainly don't see the world as black and white and I think reality tends to support my hypothesis. If the world were black and white, we wouldn't have the concept of "mitigating circumstances", would we? We certainly wouldn't idealize the idiom "to err is human, to forgive, divine". The very statement indicates that we shouldn't judge others, that we should forgive people since all people make mistakes. Doesn't sound too black and white to me.