you have everything and still unhappy?

maybe you're ungrateful and complacent. You're comfortable, you have it well - there's no urgency in your life like scrambling to pay rent/mortgage, keep your job, care for a kid with a disability, or deal with an unfaithful spouse. you get bored, then you complain.

it's funny. i think the farther we move along from the 1930's-1940's the more people complain. there is no great depression, no world war so there's no urgency for a great many people. people have the luxery of sitting and staring at their bellybutton wondering "how come i'm not happy?" when there is no apparent reason they invent reasons. It must be my husband. or it must be my wife. maybe if i had a new job or moved, or had an affair.

madison avenue cashes in by marketing silliness - monster-sized tvs, ipods, razor phones, low-mileage suv's while we're in a war over oil. we're the laziest, most overfed, "gotta be entertained", self-absorbed culture in history. people can't stand the "dailiness" of life so they sulk, feel sorry for themselves.

if your malady is mlc or depression then i understand totally. otherwise count your blessings. you cannot be happy if you're not grateful. do volunteer work. there are tons of people who need help, even if it's volunteering to visit a senior once a week in a nursing home. get outside of yourselves. find a larger purpose. you sound so American.