Can really beat you down....................

Sometimes you're the speed bag and other times you're Mike Tyson's sparring partner.

Either way, you brush yourself off, hold your head up and move forward.

I've been down before. I'll be down again.

Peaks and valleys.

You're right of course....but this is definately a valley

You can reach out to whomever, you can pray to God.

Get support.

You'll get past this too.

I can't answer emails at work to my account, BUT I will when I can if you want to talk.

buccfever TA OOHAY TOD MOC

Thanks, DMV........

Prayers sent brother. If there is anything I can do lemme know. In the mean time I've had both hockey coaches and football coaches give this advice - Keep your head up and your feet moving.

Silly/simple as it sounds - it get's me through some tough times.

FGM,,

as hard as it may be,I try to find a bit of Joy in every day..

Take care ,,

wheel,

I'm tryin...

Sorry to hear, my friend.

Hopes, wishes, and prayers that things get better.

And soon.

fret

It can beat you down from time to time, my friend, but think of the alternative. I know I had a rough time over the summer with my back and being on medical leave. I just tried to remember that my job was not my life and my life was actually pretty good. Beautiful daughters..the love of a great woman..a roof over my head..and a good cigar to smoke. At the end of the day..that's all I really needed.

FGM, there's a reason for everything. Some seem to skate through life with few worries & tribulations. Others are tested continually with emotional pain, financial pressure, and physical hardships no matter how hard they try.

Think of it this way, to some this short time on earth IS their only "heaven". Subconciously they know it and that's why they desperately satiate their senses with empty pleasures. To others, it is merely a test or temporary "hell/purgatory" afterwhich their eternal rewards will be substantial & too many to count.

Try to stay strong. It'll pass, brother.

FGM - years ago, when i was going through a really rough time, my mother sent me a card that said "When you're going through hell, keep going". It sounds trite, but it works. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, man.

Some things in life are bad

They can really make you mad

Other things just make you swear and curse.

When you're chewing on life's gristle

Don't grumble, give a whistle

And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten

And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.

When you're feeling in the dumps

Don't be silly chumps

Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd

And death's the final word

You must always face the curtain with a bow.

Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin

Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death

Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of ****

When you look at it

Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.

You'll see it's all a show

Keep 'em laughing as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the right side of life...

(Come on guys, cheer up!)

Always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the bright side of life...

(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)

Always look on the bright side of life...

(I mean - what have you got to lose?)

(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.

What have you lost? Nothing!)

Always look on the right side of life...

KEY Am

verse:

Am G

Am G

Am G E7

A7 D7

chorus:

G E7 Am D7

G E7 A7 D7

The LORD is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?

~ Psalm 27:1

"Don't let your meat loaf" - unknown

#13 Damn...beat me to it.

Best wishes my friend.....

http://www.dts.edu/media/play/?MediaItemID=ab4fde10-c430-49eb-8099-798506a5a270 

Cheer up little buckaroo...

Thought that I was all alone

Broken and afraid

But You were there with me

Yes, You were there with me

And I didn't even know

That I had lost my way

But You were there with me

Yes, You were there with me

'Til You opened up my eyes

I never knew

That I couldn't ever make it

Without You

Even though the journey's long

And I know the road is hard

Well, the One who's gone before me

He will help me carry on

After all that I've been through

Now I realize the truth

That I must go through the valley

To stand upon the mountain of God

As I travel on the road

That You have lead me down

You are here with me

Yes, You are here with me

I have need for nothing more

Oh, now that I have found

That You are here with me

Yes, You are here with me

I confess from time to time

I lose my way

But You are always there

To bring me back again

Sometimes I think of where it is I've come from

And the things I've left behind

But of all I've had, what I possessed

Nothing can quite compare

With what's in front of me

With what's in front of me

Third Day - Mountain of God

(read also) Matthew 6:25-34

The World Is a Beautiful Place - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The world is a beautiful place

to be born into

if you don't mind happiness

not always being

so very much fun

if you don't mind a touch of hell

now and then

just when everything is fine

because even in heaven

they don't sing

all the time

The world is a beautiful place

to be born into

if you don't mind some people dying

all the time

or maybe only starving

some of the time

which isn't half bad

if it isn't you

Oh the world is a beautiful place

to be born into

if you don't much mind

a few dead minds

in the higher places

or a bomb or two

now and then

in your upturned faces

or such other improprieties

as our Name Brand society

is prey to

with its men of distinction

and its men of extinction

and its priests

and other patrolmen

and its various segregations

and congressional investigations

and other constipations

that our fool flesh

is heir to

Yes the world is the best place of all

for a lot of such things as

making the fun scene

and making the love scene

and making the sad scene

and singing low songs and having inspirations

and walking around

looking at everything

and smelling flowers

and goosing statues

and even thinking

and kissing people and

making babies and wearing pants

and waving hats and

dancing

and going swimming in rivers

on picnics

in the middle of the summer

and just generally

'living it up'

Yes

but then right in the middle of it

comes the smiling mortician

The band Unforscene put these lyrics to music and it's AMAZING!

Joseph Campbell wrote:

“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”