I'm happier than you...

[Revoltingest]

 

[Twilight Hue]

...right at this moment.

A new Lewisnotmiller has entered the world. Beautiful baby girl, 3.3kg (err...like...7 lb 3 I think).

Mum is doing well, and made the whole thing look ridiculously under control.

Her two sisters fell in love immediately.

Much health and prosperity for you and your family.

 

[danieldemol]

Congratulations

 

[Dawnofhope]

That’s great news. Congratulations!

 

[Sunstone]

Congratulations to both you and your whole family!

 

[Estro Felino]

Congratulations

 

[Deeje]

@lewisnotmiller Glad the beautiful package was delivered safely....

They sure bring the love with them....congratulations to you and family.

I have four adorable newborns of my own at present....

French Bulldogs are so cute....

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Congrats ... but, for happy at this moment. What about other moments?

I have been relatively happier since this past 2 months or so because my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She is the cutest baby ever. All the time I talk to her via Skype, I feel like someone has poured cold ice water on the burning coal I call my heart. But unfortunately, just yesterday, my baby niece fell from the bed face first. She suffered some nasty injuries and is hospitalized. Watching her in that condition, even hearing that news, f***ed me up all over again. All the short-term happiness I was feeling is gone, and now replaced with pain and worries.

And this is where I can't understand why people feel happiness after bringing new, innocent lives in this small-scale hell we call "life." I personally don't want children as I don't want them to suffer like me nor do I want them to make others suffer like I caused others to suffer. Why celebrate when you are only feeding more coal to this furnace called "life" to suffer?

Feel free to think whatever you like about life.
There is joy here, and realistic expectations.

 

[Trailblazer]

@lewisnotmiller
I have four adorable newborns of my own at present....

French Bulldogs are so cute....

They are just adorable.

 

[Trailblazer]

Congrats ... but, for happy at this moment. What about other moments?

Some people don't have other moments, or it they do those moments are few and far between. Almost all my moments are 'other.'

I have been relatively happier since this past 2 months or so because my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She is the cutest baby ever. All the time I talk to her via Skype, I feel like someone has poured cold ice water on the burning coal I call my heart. But unfortunately, just yesterday, my baby niece fell from the bed face first. She suffered some nasty injuries and is hospitalized. Watching her in that condition, even hearing that news, f***ed me up all over again. All the short-term happiness I was feeling is gone, and now replaced with pain and worries.

I am so sorry to hear that happened but the baby will probably be okay. I have a cat that will probably die in the next few days, and it will be the fifth cat that died this year, in spite of the best vet care available. We have no children so the cats are all we have. It is devastating. I am doing all I can to try to keep from going into a deep depression.

And this is where I can't understand why people feel happiness after bringing new, innocent lives in this small-scale hell we call "life." I personally don't want children as I don't want them to suffer like me nor do I want them to make others suffer like I caused others to suffer. Why celebrate when you are only feeding more coal to this furnace called "life" to suffer?

We never had children because it was all we could do to take care of ourselves, and both of us had such bad childhoods, we did not want to pass that onto another generation. I fully agree, this life is hell, for some of us anyway. For every sweet cup a hundred bitter ones will follow. Such is the condition of this world for some of us. What I cannot understand is why if God is loving and just there us such an unequal distribution of suffering. From what I know of you, I do not think you brought that on yourself, I think it was just fate.

“O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of the severe calamity that hath befallen thee—the death of thy respected husband. That honourable man hath been so subjected to the stress and strain of this world that his greatest wish was for deliverance from it. Such is this mortal abode: a storehouse of afflictions and suffering. It is ignorance that binds man to it, for no comfort can be secured by any soul in this world, from monarch down to the most humble commoner. If once this life should offer a man a sweet cup, a hundred bitter ones will follow; such is the condition of this world. The wise man, therefore, doth not attach himself to this mortal life and doth not depend upon it; at some moments, even, he eagerly wisheth for death that he may thereby be freed from these sorrows and afflictions. Thus it is seen that some, under extreme pressure of anguish, have committed suicide.”
Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 200

I disagree with that passage where it says: “ no comfort can be secured by any soul in this world, from monarch down to the most humble commoner.” That is obviously untrue, because many people will tell you they are very comfortable.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Congrats! May she be a healthy eater and a healthy sleeper.

 

[Spirit of Light]

...right at this moment.

A new Lewisnotmiller has entered the world. Beautiful baby girl, 3.3kg (err...like...7 lb 3 I think).

Mum is doing well, and made the whole thing look ridiculously under control.

Her two sisters fell in love immediately.

Congratulations
May all be well with you and the newborn baby.
Life is beautiful.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Congrats! May she be a healthy eater and a healthy sleeper.

So far she is both!
It makes such a difference on how our next 12 months looks, too.