If you ask me, if you focus on something, yes, there's going to be a pattern of ups and downs. Guess what? IT's NORMAL! Laugh as much as you can, it's healthy! There will be moments that won't be as happy... they will pass!

Also, did anyone ever notice, the more you are aware of bad things, the more you see the good things, the more you are aware of shadows, the more light is present, the more loss you experience, the more gain you realize once things turn around? It's the way things are... you call that DUALITY. Every positive has a negative, every negative a positive. They can't exist without each other. One will never exclude each other. What you are experiencing are natural cycles and the duality of LIFE! ENJOY IT!!!

Hugs!

Or, it could be an example of self-fulfilling prophecy, where you believe the superstition to be true and then it becomes true. Try changing your mantra to: The universe wants me to be happy. I can never be punished for feeling joyful.

what a horrible negative place you seem to live in. Id up and move.
Kudos to Petras post.
Life is full of good things and sad things. Life is seasons and cycles.
Laugh often, smile always, play, its the angels way.
Cherish good times and honer them with a laugh. The happier and more content you are now the stronger you will be when you need to face lifes not so happy moments. Make hay when the sun shines, make as much laugher and happiness as you can tolerate when you can, save it for a rainy day.

Its a bit like telling your kids not to be good because the good die young!

it happens to me also. but can you tel me how it happens and why? each time I am happy that something good has happened to me (though, they happen rarely), the next moment I find something that neutralizes the joy that I just experienced but could not relish. isn't it a pity?

Its the Law of attraction.

if you focus on good things good things will happen mostly.

I Heard a story a while ago about a woman who was just getting into the positivity thing.
Then she lost her job.
she asked someone whats the deal with that. 'i'm being positive and lost my job'

then she got an answer like this.
Because you were focussing on good feelings and positivity. the universe aligned things for you.

The woman didnt like her job, so the universe helped her to get rid of it. Her feelings towards
her work wasnt that well, so when she focussed in feeling good her work wasn's in her path of joy
anymore.

i dont know if i'm posting this right, but reading your post got me thinking of this story