Everyone goes through those times when they just have to face their thoughts: the ones they don't want to face. And then they have to choose to be happy or not to be so. Have you ever found the busier you are the happier? And then comes that stale moment. Your thoughts hit. Doubt enters. And you have no idea what to do. Doubt is so easy to let in. So hard to rationalize away At times you are too afraid to use logic against it. Why ? Because doing so is opening yourself up for the options of hope. You become too optimistic. And that as often as not leads to hurt and pain and disappointment. Ah, yes. Those sort of thoughts. The ones that try to drain you of all joy. Even when GOOD THINGS are happening, I find myself constantly backing up - I can't just jump into anything. One minute I'm confident and happy. But the next? The next I'm trying to brace myself for something that will most certainly happen - because good things just don...