via Creating a Positive Future.

http://www.positivelypositive.com/2014/03/13/can-you-differentiate-the-facts-from-the-story/

Leo Baubauta writes:

I’m the first to admit that for many years, I have been a bit emotionally needy.

Not in a crazy, desperate way, but in the way that many of us are. I wanted someone else to make me happy, blamed others for my unhappiness, sought to fulfill my emotional needs through others.

This caused all kinds of problems I didn’t even realize were there: I’d have relationship problems because if the other person wasn’t meeting my needs, I’d resent it. I’d be unhappy lots of the time, because I thought happiness was outside of me, and therefore it was unreliable and elusive. I was helpless, because if other people are supposed to make me happy and fulfill my needs, then what could I do if they didn’t? What could I do if they hurt me instead?

Only in the last few years have I been becoming more emotionally self-reliant. It’s made my relationships better, and has greatly increased my happiness.

I can’t claim to be an expert on this topic, but I can share some things I’ve been learning. It’s a very, very useful process, as those who are already emotionally independent can attest to.

via Becoming Emotionally Self-Reliant : zenhabits.

Perspective.

This video is Brilliant. Heartbreaking, and Illuminating. And Funny. And Annoying.

Exposing our petty dramas as such—providing such painful perspective, through humor…getting folks like myself to contextualize our daily problems–is brilliant.

These are all 100% real complaints from the Domino’s Pizza Australia Facebook page.

via First world (pizza) problems {video} | elephant journal.

via Freshly Pressed Inspiration: Today’s Buddha Doodle.