And if your reaction to bad events is to hide or shrug and acquiesce, then they’ll NEVER get better.
PS: I certainly CAN control, to some extent, a lot of what goes on around me. Though obviously not everything. I always keep my gas tank half full, for instance, so if I ever need to get the H out of D, I can get started quickly. And I keep my roof in good condition, so I won’t have to deal with a leaky roof unless there’s a SERIOUS disaster.
CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy been thru it and it works. positive, neutral or negative you choose your reaction to any event, happens in milliseconds
Neurolinguistically, the ass may be mulish, but he’s accurate. When we go below the surface personality’s desires and beliefs, it’s what we really feel in our hearts (to be a little colloquial) that dictates, to a large extent, what we cause in our environment. It’s always possible to choose Frankl’s logotherapy! Or——just find a nice bottle of something you like and live with it.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
“Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future.”― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
I’m pretty sure life can become objectively better as well, like peace is better than war, and a world without COVID is better than wearing masks, small businesses going under in droves, and manipulation of a health crisis for political gain.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Can’t it happen before the weekend?
BasilBruce almost 4 years ago
I think he’s saying that the best way to face the coronavirus is to have a Corona.
DennisinSeattle almost 4 years ago
What a wise ass.
willispate almost 4 years ago
that’s the smartest advice the donkey ever brought up.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 4 years ago
That hill has a strange color .
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
And if your reaction to bad events is to hide or shrug and acquiesce, then they’ll NEVER get better.
PS: I certainly CAN control, to some extent, a lot of what goes on around me. Though obviously not everything. I always keep my gas tank half full, for instance, so if I ever need to get the H out of D, I can get started quickly. And I keep my roof in good condition, so I won’t have to deal with a leaky roof unless there’s a SERIOUS disaster.
Caldonia almost 4 years ago
Sorry, Wise Butt, but I’m not buying that. Besides, Pig constantly pretends he doesn’t know the news and he’s no happier than Goat or Rat.
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
Pastis should just call him “The Donny-key on the Hill”
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’ll decide things are better right away! What then?
Celarius Premium Member almost 4 years ago
CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy been thru it and it works. positive, neutral or negative you choose your reaction to any event, happens in milliseconds
Robin Harwood almost 4 years ago
The Wise Ass is a Stoic. That is one of the basic principles of Stoicism.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member almost 4 years ago
This is how America suddenly became great again when I wasn’t looking.
Kind&Kinder almost 4 years ago
Neurolinguistically, the ass may be mulish, but he’s accurate. When we go below the surface personality’s desires and beliefs, it’s what we really feel in our hearts (to be a little colloquial) that dictates, to a large extent, what we cause in our environment. It’s always possible to choose Frankl’s logotherapy! Or——just find a nice bottle of something you like and live with it.
rshive almost 4 years ago
The wise ass is wise indeed.
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I think we all hope for that. Alas, it will not happen.
Imagine almost 4 years ago
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
Marcus Aurelius
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 4 years ago
An activist ass – I like it!
Sanspareil almost 4 years ago
Should be called the Wise Ass on the conical shaped pile of excrement!
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
LOL! Pig was not expecting that much truth!
Procat Premium Member almost 4 years ago
November 3rd. Please vote.
mail2jbl almost 4 years ago
I’m having a great year! I got married, and my wife and I are expecting a baby next spring!
mjb515 almost 4 years ago
“Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future.”― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Andrew Sleeth almost 4 years ago
The Wise Ass is only an mannequin with a speaker in his tummy, Pig. Don’t listen to him.
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
Happiness is an inside job … look at Larry Croc …. Croc Power !
tripwire45 almost 4 years ago
I’m pretty sure life can become objectively better as well, like peace is better than war, and a world without COVID is better than wearing masks, small businesses going under in droves, and manipulation of a health crisis for political gain.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
NOVEMBER 2020
zeexenon almost 4 years ago
That donkey took a Dale Carnegie class.
Ksandler4570 almost 4 years ago
Exactly right.
Ellis97 almost 4 years ago
That donkey lives up to his name.
chris_o42 almost 4 years ago
Getting all Zen on us, are you Wise Ass?
Jeffin Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Tuesday Afternoon, Pig. Go listen to the Moody Blues. They’ll make you less moody and blue.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
That’s very wise
kartis almost 4 years ago
There you go being logical, Wise Ass. We have seen how well that works with people. Tuesday it is.
lv2sew almost 4 years ago
Shouldn’t that pile of dirt have some weeds on it by now?
diskus Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Ignore bullshit, saw that on a t shirt years ago. Works for me
Reader almost 4 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks this strip is getting a little tedious?
JohnWilliamson almost 4 years ago
Judging by the story line of this artist during the past three weeks, my guess is that he’s clinically depressed…
logophiles almost 4 years ago
100% correct. Fear of the virus is causing far more damage than the virus itself.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
He sounds like my Dad.
laurasohn11 almost 4 years ago
If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make the change
pheets almost 4 years ago
Me, too :(
a nerdy trans girl almost 4 years ago
me pretending covid isnt a thing. goes to meet my friends doing the same thing. we all die
Ken Otwell almost 4 years ago
I never realized Old Wise Ass On The Hill was a Trumpster. Just decide the virus is done and it is?
karenjean123 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
There is a lot of truth in that…..
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
The Wise Ass on the Hill is close to correct. But he has left State Compulsion out of the mix.
You can’t always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes
You just might find you get what you need.
Flatworm almost 4 years ago
I can’t help but think this strip was scheduled to run on Monday, November 2.
marilynnbyerly almost 4 years ago
I’m glad he’s stopped advocating for alcohol and other stupid behaviors.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
SoCal still refuses to admit there’s anything out of the ordinary.
txmystic almost 4 years ago
That is quite the wise ass up there on the hill…
mwksix almost 4 years ago
… but he DID!
cromwelljones53 almost 4 years ago
The Wise ass is a Buddhist. My ass is too.
Number Three almost 4 years ago
Yep! Same here.
xxx
willie_mctell almost 4 years ago
Damn therapists.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 4 years ago
Here’s a thought, the world will never run out of things that will go wrong. Have a nice day!
fritzoid Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Have you heard the news? Everyone is talkin’,
Life is good, because everything is awesome!
Lost your job? It’s a new opportunity,
More free time for your awesome community!
Stepped in the mud? Got new brown shoes!
It’s awesome to win, and it’s awesome to lose!
Comics are the first thing to read almost 4 years ago
Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
dwasifarkaralahishipoor almost 4 years ago
Wise Ass is a classical Stoic.
JADENGOODING almost 4 years ago
Actually stephans unlucky day is tuesday
we live we love we lie over 2 years ago
why is he showing up so much