Monologue Mania Day # 205 by Janet S. Tiger Misery is a Gift Sept. 5, 2014

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Monologue Mania Day # 205 by Janet S. Tiger   Misery is a Gift Sept. 5, 2014

   

                                 Misery is a Gift

                                                   (For Book of Teas)
                                 A monologue by Janet S. Tiger   © all rights reserved

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          (T is onstage with her granddaughter, and she is upset.  They both have Southern accents - just like in the rest of the play)

 I hate to see my beautiful grandbaby so miserable!

I think that perhaps I confused you when I told you what an old friend had said - that happiness is a burden.  Which it is, but the opposite is also true - misery is a gift.

Don't laugh1  You might not be so miserable if you laugh!  That is the trouble with laughter, it is like a certified antidote for misery!

Now don't cry!  Oh, I just hate when my babies cry!

         (She hugs her granddaughter)

Misery is a much misunderstood feelin' - when you understand it better, you will not be afraid to be miserable anymore.

And when you understand that misery is related to the cloud with the silvah linin, you might actually look forward to the deep moments of misery you will be getting throughout your life.

There will be more misery.....it is one of the few dependable things in life.

And there is no escape.....

But one of the advantages is that misery binds you to every one on this planet.  No one escapes misery, not even Jesus.
 
Misery is - now misery is not the silvah linin.....but it holds that silvah linin.....so that to get to that good, you have to be aware that the bad brings with it many good things......

When you catch your breath, you can start to count your blessings, that things aren't worse than they are.....and no matter how bad they are, you can rest assured that somewhere, someone else has it worse than you.

And then, things get better.  Not fast, usually, in fact, it takes a lot of time..... but change comes....  And you realize the worst could be over.  Even more, you realize that one day, you could be happy again......And that is your silva linin.......

         (She turns and gets a pot, pours some coffee.)

Now, misery may be a gift, but when you register for your wedding presents, it's better to ask for nice China......

        (Lights dim on the scene.  The end....soon...for misery.)

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Swedenborg Hall 2006-8

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