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Queen Sheba 11  User ID: 1364268 United States06/07/2011 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is "Refining His Gold"? How do you refine gold if not by Fire? Here is Wisdom! When you think you cannot go on look over your shoulder behind you! Millions in worst shape! Ask Him to guide you and forgive you! You'll see miracles! Bless You! Queen Sheba 11 |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1198161 United States06/07/2011 08:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I haven't had an income since NOV 2008, and I'm still here. Don't think you can't adapt. Start trying ALL kinds of things you've never tried before. Things that will help you become independent of asking others for jobs. Grow your own, stop eating as much meat, barter/trade the material things that aren't helping you now. Start a landscaping/yard service, seek out people that are the same type as you and charge them very cheap prices, I mean VERY cheap cash. Downsize as much as possible before you are forced to. Make a meeting with others to brainstorm, and form groups that only trade goods and services. Don't live in fear, lose some weight, make peace with Death, it being a part of life! |
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| Anonymous Coward 06/07/2011 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why do we grieve over what we have lost? I see a man that is truly blessed! Trials and Tribulations? Who doesn't experienced them? I have had quadruple open heart surgery,been homeless,almost murdered, etc. Once you start giving thanks for what you have and trust God for strength again you'll see a new dawning! Don't you see that God Quoting: Queen Sheba 11is "Refining His Gold"? How do you refine gold if not by Fire? Here is Wisdom! When you think you cannot go on look over your shoulder behind you! Millions in worst shape! Ask Him to guide you and forgive you! You'll see miracles! Bless You! Good post...  |
| laddo User ID: 1208892 United States06/07/2011 08:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It sounds daunting but your kids might be able to finance college with loans and financial aid. They might have to get campus jobs. People do make it work. |
| Comedian User ID: 1417763 United States06/07/2011 09:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've come to the point where I just have about lost faith. My life has been an amazing series of coincidences. In college I was never stellar and dropped out after 3 years. During that time I met anamazing woman that I eventually married and still love to this day. I worked for a year and went back to school and became a Chiropractor. Did okay at first but things changed and the practice suffered. I sold it after 8 years and got into mortgages. Same story, did well in mortgages until 2005 and it's been a struggle since. Each time I hit a wall, something happened to right the ship and put me back on course again. I'm 47 now and I'm tired of the struggle. I have two kids at college age which I can't afford to send to school. Both are bright and would do well and I can't see depriving them of a future. That is not the end of the world but like I said, my life has been a series of coincidences where I have felt as though I had a guardian angle. This is until January of this year. Everything has just been a battle and very few rewards. I've drained my bank, 401k and now I'll probably have to start selling things to survive. I have no problem with that either but why bother when what's down the road looks just as dismal. No prospect of improving my income in this or any other job. I'm just tired and my family would miss me but the insurance would carry them a long time. Does anyone believe in destiny? I feel as though I have run my course for God and he's done with me. I have fulfilled my destiny and now others can carry on. Am I wrong? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1418959Yes, you're wrong. Wake up every morning, and thank God for the amazing direction your life will take today, and for the amazing blessings given to you yesterday, for the amazing surprises he has in store for you tomorrow. Geez. Would you rather have worked in a predictable factory job for the last 30 years? Don't run. You'll just die tired. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1416218 United States06/07/2011 09:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You need to pull up your big girl panties and get busy. You feel you have been blessed most of your life, but what that comes down to is you were never a quitter. You knew what needed to be done and you did it. No time to quit now. How do you know your family would be ok without you? There is a lot more to it than just money. You know how God feels about suicide. If your kids are just college age then your job aint done yet. Your family needs you. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1415369  China06/07/2011 09:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You wanna try being me! I'm 46 this year, no kids, no woman, the city I live in has a woman/man ratio of 3:1, I haven't had sex for nearly 18 months, no friends, no savings, blah blah fucking blah I'm getting depressed thinking about it. BUT, I enrolled at university(college?) to study software engineering, I couldn't handle the maths, so I went back to learn 10th grade maths, couldn't handle that, so I went on a mission to review maths at SEVENTH GRADE(just completed it, now working on eigth grade, a real ego buster). I guess what I'm trying to say is keep going. Do you follow a sports team? Football? Hockey? what do you do when your team is down? Tell them to give up? No(well, I dont, the Australian rules football team I follow is(was?) famous for its never-say-die spirit, Port Adelaide Power; google them). Did you always want to play an instument? Do it! Did you always want to climb Mt Everest? Do it! Acting? Get lessons. Don't give up, pretend you are 12 years old again & start over, as if you have your whole life ahead of you. |
| Anon&on&on User ID: 1404069 United States06/07/2011 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Think about your kids first. You think they won't follow in your footsteps? What if 30 years down the line, if times get hard for them, they start thinking the same way you are? "Dad committed suicide, so I'll just give up too." How do you know that won't happen. What if you curse your family, and every generation to come ends up the same way? You don't want to be the one carrying that burden. Just remember this: there's always someone that has it worse than you do. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1419426 Italy06/08/2011 01:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What so now you're contemplating suicide? Quoting: Anon&on&onThink about your kids first. You think they won't follow in your footsteps? What if 30 years down the line, if times get hard for them, they start thinking the same way you are? "Dad committed suicide, so I'll just give up too." How do you know that won't happen. What if you curse your family, and every generation to come ends up the same way? You don't want to be the one carrying that burden. Just remember this: there's always someone that has it worse than you do. Yes, it is true that children whose parents have committed suicide are more likely to commit suicide themselves. |
| redsavage User ID: 1416474  Canada06/08/2011 01:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Choaduss User ID: 1410799 United States06/08/2011 01:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've come to the point where I just have about lost faith. My life has been an amazing series of coincidences. In college I was never stellar and dropped out after 3 years. During that time I met anamazing woman that I eventually married and still love to this day. I worked for a year and went back to school and became a Chiropractor. Did okay at first but things changed and the practice suffered. I sold it after 8 years and got into mortgages. Same story, did well in mortgages until 2005 and it's been a struggle since. Each time I hit a wall, something happened to right the ship and put me back on course again. I'm 47 now and I'm tired of the struggle. I have two kids at college age which I can't afford to send to school. Both are bright and would do well and I can't see depriving them of a future. That is not the end of the world but like I said, my life has been a series of coincidences where I have felt as though I had a guardian angle. This is until January of this year. Everything has just been a battle and very few rewards. I've drained my bank, 401k and now I'll probably have to start selling things to survive. I have no problem with that either but why bother when what's down the road looks just as dismal. No prospect of improving my income in this or any other job. I'm just tired and my family would miss me but the insurance would carry them a long time. Does anyone believe in destiny? I feel as though I have run my course for God and he's done with me. I have fulfilled my destiny and now others can carry on. Am I wrong? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1418959read the book of Job |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1329125 United States06/08/2011 01:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I haven't had an income since NOV 2008, and I'm still here. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1198161Don't think you can't adapt. Start trying ALL kinds of things you've never tried before. Things that will help you become independent of asking others for jobs. Grow your own, stop eating as much meat, barter/trade the material things that aren't helping you now. Start a landscaping/yard service, seek out people that are the same type as you and charge them very cheap prices, I mean VERY cheap cash. Downsize as much as possible before you are forced to. Make a meeting with others to brainstorm, and form groups that only trade goods and services. Don't live in fear, lose some weight, make peace with Death, it being a part of life! Listen to this post above OP. Wisdom is in never giving up. Dispite what the regular people say, give up on the material world (you cannot take it with you). You will amaze yourself if you never quit or give up! "Do or do not!" That little statement from Yoda in star wars is a wisdom few ever get. Do not lose faith, what you might want to do is lose faith in the works of man and his (corupte) point of view. (you know.....listening to all the bull shit man has to offer.)I think Mr. Spock from star trek movie (star trek IV I think) said it best. He said "One must have faith that the universe will unfold as it should". I belive it will.....give it a try you might just find that it is a truth you can belive in..... WB |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1419502 United States06/08/2011 02:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've come to the point where I just have about lost faith. My life has been an amazing series of coincidences. In college I was never stellar and dropped out after 3 years. During that time I met anamazing woman that I eventually married and still love to this day. I worked for a year and went back to school and became a Chiropractor. Did okay at first but things changed and the practice suffered. I sold it after 8 years and got into mortgages. Same story, did well in mortgages until 2005 and it's been a struggle since. Each time I hit a wall, something happened to right the ship and put me back on course again. I'm 47 now and I'm tired of the struggle. I have two kids at college age which I can't afford to send to school. Both are bright and would do well and I can't see depriving them of a future. That is not the end of the world but like I said, my life has been a series of coincidences where I have felt as though I had a guardian angle. This is until January of this year. Everything has just been a battle and very few rewards. I've drained my bank, 401k and now I'll probably have to start selling things to survive. I have no problem with that either but why bother when what's down the road looks just as dismal. No prospect of improving my income in this or any other job. I'm just tired and my family would miss me but the insurance would carry them a long time. Does anyone believe in destiny? I feel as though I have run my course for God and he's done with me. I have fulfilled my destiny and now others can carry on. Am I wrong? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1418959***************************************************** WOW! you started two companies on your own- I would say you have a good drive to do something on your own. Trump blew it several times according to his books, now look where he is. ********************************************************** |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1130777  Japan06/08/2011 02:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have nowhere else to go and I think Japan will be uninhabitable in a few years. Strangely, I'd rather be in my position than the OP's. I hate grappling with the vague, abstract issues of life...money, jobs, kids, relationships. I can honestly say there is something that feels "right" and "human" about wrestling with life-and-death issues. It's like ever since the earthquake, my head is clearer than it ever was. When you get bogged down in all the complexities of modern life is when depression sets in. When you are staring at the abyss...somehow not so depressing. Something to think about... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1419502 United States06/08/2011 03:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right now I am looking at the real possibility I will die. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1130777I have nowhere else to go and I think Japan will be uninhabitable in a few years. Strangely, I'd rather be in my position than the OP's. I hate grappling with the vague, abstract issues of life...money, jobs, kids, relationships. I can honestly say there is something that feels "right" and "human" about wrestling with life-and-death issues. It's like ever since the earthquake, my head is clearer than it ever was. When you get bogged down in all the complexities of modern life is when depression sets in. When you are staring at the abyss...somehow not so depressing. Something to think about... *************************************************** um......Think I need a drink. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1379884 United States06/08/2011 03:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right now I am looking at the real possibility I will die. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1130777I have nowhere else to go and I think Japan will be uninhabitable in a few years. Strangely, I'd rather be in my position than the OP's. I hate grappling with the vague, abstract issues of life...money, jobs, kids, relationships. I can honestly say there is something that feels "right" and "human" about wrestling with life-and-death issues. It's like ever since the earthquake, my head is clearer than it ever was. When you get bogged down in all the complexities of modern life is when depression sets in. When you are staring at the abyss...somehow not so depressing. Something to think about... Wait wait wait... you JUST figured out that you're going to die someday? |
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