Anybody else feeling.......?

[vinnie]

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I think it happens to most of us from time to time. My better half is sick alot of the time and the kids aren't onboard. However, now that the 18yr old has a girlfriend in another town he's helping whether he wants to or not. A car makes a wonderful big stick, cause he won't be touching my Jeep. Hang in there and stay focused. That's what I do,when you're exhausted you don't have thoughts keep you from sleeping.

[Oscar Wilde]

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Is it just me?

No, the world is coming apart at the seams .... deep breathe .... things are gonna work out just fine, painful but fine

.... issues with midas muffler shop deciding not to pay insurance claim on jeep their neglegance destroyed,

Your insurance company should be mediating your claim .... make 'em work for the premium you pay them.

Maybe it's cause I seem to be the only one around me that's been seeing what's going on and trying to get as ready as I can for it. Wife's not really on board and seeing what I am.

Others see "it", many just don't know what to call "it" and would be too fearful to comment if they did.

Anyone else experiencing similar feelings?

Lots of good commentary here Airborne I hope you can find solace from amongst.

The world's events are not going to be resolved in any satisfactory fashion and will soon enough affect us directly .... focus your thoughts on your immediate struggles and confront them one at a time .... if necessary bring them up here .... one at a time.

Prayer has brought me relief on many occasions.

O.W.

[101airborne]

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Thanks everyone for the positive thoughts. It makes me feel better knowing that I'm not alone out there. That others feel a case of "to he__ with it". I am definately not giving up, Partly because if I don't do what needs to be done no body will. I may sound conceited here (sorry) but I feel like I may be the only hope for my family's survival. At least with the feelings I've been having a sense of "doom and gloom". Is somewhat preparing me for WHEN it hits. Thanks again.

Oscar..... Since my jeep was a 1992 model with liability only my insurance company won't/ can't do anything to help.

[Morgan101]

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101airborne you are certainly not alone in your feelings. It seems that as we get older everything is a grind. We do not jump out of bed in the morning looking to attack the new day. Work is drudgery, and we are just hoping we can hang on until we can retire. We don't have careers anymore. We have jobs that pay the bills and provide benefits. The fear of being laid off or downsized is terrifying because we will have an extremely difficult time finding another job, and we desparately need this job to survive.

I am fortunate that my health is good, but my wife and son both require maintenance medication, and they are a constant worry. It seems like whenever we think we are getting ahead financially something happens, and we get kicked in the teeth again.

I am consumately, unbelievably, frustrated by our worthless government that takes from us, the ones that work, to provide for the lazy who refuse to work. I am sick of listening to a generation of whiners who bring nothing to the party, but expect to start at the top of the ladder (Occupy Wall Street).

But we keep going. It is what we do. It is who we are. When you got knocked down, you picked yourself up, and you kept going. You provided for your family. Raised them, fed them, educated them, protected them, taught them, and you will continue to do so for as long as you are able.

It does get harder as we get older, but IMO we don't know any other way. Hang in there. You are not alone.

[nakadnu]

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I feel the same way most of the time. I feel out of place on a regular basis. It almost feels as if I was born in the wrong century. The only time I am really close to being happy is when I am completely occupied at work or busy with my family.
I don't feel we are going to be set upon by aliens, zombies, natural disasters or a hostile tyrranical govt, foriegn or domestic. I foresee a slow and gradual decline into communism and then complete failure. It will come so slowly we will just let it happen without being able to stop it. Those who do fight for freedom will be called domestic terrorists and imprisoned. While the rest of us bow down for fear of losing our families, or all the good things the govt can give us.
GOOD LUCK!

[ZAGran]

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Well, Airborn, I too am feeling a bit blue. I have been for a couple of weeks now. But I think I have figgured out my shade of blue. School has started. Summer is a great time for grandparents/parents. The kids are around. Their voices, be they complaints or joy in simply being alive, are gone. I am back to looking at as much as 2 to 3 weeks without the sounds of the children I love be they 5 or 50. Even the nice neighbor's children are gone back to school or the day care center.

And what are we left with? Frustrated parents with frustrated children. Oh, occasionaly, we run into a happy pre school child with a parent or baby sitter in the store but as a general rule we are left with the very opposite of what we have experienced through out the summer. Happy children. Be they 1 or 21, for a few weeks we have seen happiness in small bits (and occasionaly large bites) in young people. Now for the next 9 months We can no longer count on simply getting up in the morning and hearing the occasional voice of a happy child. We have to go look for it. We have to go back to work. Work to find those few days when happiness is reflected in our families and friends. Work to help create those minutes of happiness. Work to keep ourselves optimistic so others will be optimistic as well.

As much as I hate that kind of work, it is worth it. Hang in there and the blues will go away or at least abate a bit. But remember it is up to you to make your own happiness.

[Morgan101]

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Is this the way you feel? We may not be 83, but I certainly agree.


From: "AMEN!
Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"
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"I'm 83 and Tired" Worth reading.....

This should be required reading for every man, woman and child

"I'm 83 and I'm Tired"

I'm 83. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National
Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning
teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques
and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia, New Zealand UK, America and Canada, while no one from these countries are allowed to
fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ
rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination
or big-whatever for their problems.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.


There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

This is your chance to make a difference.
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" I'm 83 and I'm tired. If you don't forward this you are part of the problem".