Joe's life sucks too okay?

The other day I was chatting with my wonderful friend when things got deep. Yea, us philosophical beings like to delve into the depths of our souls searching for meaning within all this turmoil. No, in reality, every conversation of ours somehow includes either strippers, sex, babies or our secretly gay friends. Very odd indeed.

Anyways, things got a little deeper and a little more meaningful during our recent conversation. Well, there was still the occasional update about our secretly gay friend who has been hitting on our straight friend. Anyways, that’s for another story. What I wanted to talk about today was what we talked about the other day. My friend mentioned that life has been very stressful lately with work, family, study, relationships (or lack of) and what not. Friend says life has been lonely and feels as though no one understands.

Now I’m sure most of us have felt like that one way or another. I am also on board. So I shared about my insecurities, stress and just having to adapt to many changes and unexpected things which came about. Funny because we often think other people’s lives just seem so much better. Well, sorry hun, but there’s no such thing as perfect.


The average Joe will mostly likely show his bright and shiny face to the world and save the dark and twisty side for the self. Or the ice cream tub. Whichever applies. However, the average Joe will also think that other people’s bright and shiny faces are still bright and shiny when they go to bed each night as well. *BE-BEEP* Wrong answer, dude!

So whilst you may be looking enviously at Joe’s bright and shiny face, Joe may also be looking enviously at your bright and shiny face. So for all you depressed / stressed out / freaking out / wanting to die because you feel so alone….well Joe’s life sucks too.

There, do you feel a little bit better about your life now?



ps. I’m loving this cute drawing of this dog in rollers holding an ice-cream with the signs “no dogs, no ice cream, no rollers”. Don’t we all feel like that at some point in our lives? But if you can just see the humour in the plate of shit that life serves you………