I am happy. I am content. I am comfortable in my own skin.
I am not lonely, guilty, or suicidal. I have a good, comfortable life.
I love, and am loved.
Contradictory? I think not.
The only difference between me and your perception of me is that I am at ease with myself. I have accepted life and the living as how and what they are. I have accepted myself for what I am.
I believe that some people are good, and others are bad.
But I also believe that even the good are propelled by some degree of “want”. Charity is done for a purpose that has to do with myself. It makes me feel good about myself. God will put a big tick mark in the box beside my name.
Nothing will come to me for free. If I get good luck, I have to pay for it, either with a degree of bad luck, or by passing it on to others.
I know that people have thoughts and feelings. But I also believe that they are over-analyzed by those of us who love to write. Thoughts and feelings are what they are. Discussing them to death will not somehow make them more precious or more meaningful. But, it will make us feel good. Yes.