User:BigEasyPiglet

Timothy P Credle A very wise man in his own rite..Known as the GodFather of "reality tv" A wonderful book More Dirty Looks: Gender, Pornography and Power by Henry Jenkins talks about this..being one of the first group of peoplle to share his life on webcam 24/7 One of my personal favorite quotes Timothy has told me many times is this :

Pain- "You cannot deny people their pain.  They work too hard for it.  They will have it, one way or another. You cannot stand between them and this pain. They will run to it, embrace it and wrestle it to the ground.  They will even call it by name.  These individuals have not discovered the truth about happiness. They think that happiness is the by-product of good clean living, a stroke of good luck or a god given right. How unfortunate for them to be so incorrect. Happiness is a personal responsibility, a sort of self-propelling empowerment program, if you will.

At any rate, I believe that fundamentally I am a happy guy and I try to remember to count my many blessings, if not every day at least as often as I can. So I endeavor to impart this wisdom to you. Try to enjoy that which you have now to the fullest. Your happiness in the here and now will assure your happiness in the future. Remember, we all suffer. It does not make you special"