Onward, Upward, Forward!

Do you know those people, who upon hearing you say you feel badly about something and dislike feeling that way, say, "Well, then just don't feel that way?" And do you know how that sometimes makes you really want to hit them with a large stick, but you manage to restrain yourself (barely) with thoughts of criminal consequence and also a serious lack of appropriate stick? And while you're restraining yourself, sometimes for years, for these people are nothing if not consistent, you observe tha...