First off, I should mention, it's full-steam ahead with Plan A. Everything checked out OK (with the exception of the cancerous tumor, of course), and The Squeak should be fine for the surgery. Within 24 hours, you'll be talking to a guy with a three-legged cat.
But back to the topic that was taking legs in the previous post's comments: I'm not sure whether I really do seem to run into a tremendous number of ridiculous challenges, or whether I just have a little too much of the "woe is me" syndrome. What do you think? Certainly, we all have our own crosses to bear. I've never been one to bear mine in a manner uncharacteristic with anything else I do...in silence.
I will also add this-if my blog makes me come across as a Sad Guy, then it is misrepresenting me. I am a guy with very high highs, but I definitely hit bumps in the road. I was thinking about the "money doesn't buy happiness" quote the other day, and thinking of a very ironic & kind of funny thing: for me, it just might. I look at the various things in my life, from my personal relationships to my interests, and I see nothing but things that bring me joy (or, net joy, anyway). The only thing that ever gets in the way is when I run into one of my little, frequent financial setbacks. Then I start worrying about whether we're going to be able to pull of the move we're contemplating, get out of this debt in which we've been trapped for years, etc. etc. I suppose it might be more accurate to say that I'm happy but I don't have a ton of peace of mind. But again, it's only with the money thing that there's no peace of mind.
I'm sure it's true that if you're just a bastard and/or miserable and surrounded by a lot of other miserable bastards, money is not going to fix everything. But to think that having more money to pay the bills wouldn't make a happy person all the more happy-well, whoever made the quote really should have stuck an asterisk at the end.
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I think that money can really kick a man in the head. As much as it hurts, be thankful that you have the means to absorb these costs. Believe me, I know it sucks and it hurts real bad to be in debt. Some people can't absorb these costs and they have to resort to crime. Some people have to sell everything they own to provide medical treatment for their child. It all comes down to perspective and to appreciate all the friends and family (pets included) that we have in our lives. Never take one day forgranted. We must loves and appreciate them everyday because life is so fragile and short. I feel your pain and I want nothing but the best for your family! I hope that you get the best news possible! I love ya buddy!
Thanks, man. Great stuff on the perspective, there. I would like to say that "perspective" is a given, any time that I talk about (my) life's frustrations, given that I have it better-SOOOO much better-than a large percentage of the world's population.
That said, my own situation will always be my primary reference point, so I have no choice but to also think, "God dammit, this sucks" at times when I am facing challenges within my own little sphere of this world.
If there was such thing as luck, and it was determined that you had equal amounts of both over the course of your lifetime, I suffered through the worst of my luck between 1985 and 1989. Before and since then it's been mostly gravy, and for that I am grateful.
Most of the world suffers far more than I can even imagine. There is almost no luck greater than being born white, in this country. For that bit of luck your chances of suffering extreme poverty, war, famine, you name it, drop dramatically. Even general repression, un or subconscious bigotry. We are almost entirely immune.
What a country! - Yakov Smirnov
Still not nearly as lucky as being born a Bush, or Adam Clayton.
You think things have been great since 1989, but perhaps you have forgotten your 1991 defeat vs. Steve Gaul in jello wrestling.
I have not. It's all relative.
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