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Brandlin:

--- Quote ---How do you tell people around you, even family members,  that they are literally playing games with your life and the welfare of your kids without sounding selfish and petty?
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You get them to read this post.

If that doesn't work then they aren't worth the effort.

Hugs Sally please look after you first n then the kids.

Gangrel:
A few years ago I was rushed into hospital with an odd blood disorder. I actually felt fine (until the treatment started, at least!), but it was painstakingly explained to me that the slightest bump could cause me to bleed to death without even breaking the skin. At the time I was at a really low ebb, doing a job I hated and unsatisfied with so many things. While I was in hospital two very good friends helped write an application for a new job and I left hospital determined to change things. Well, I got the job, met GB shortly after and changed a lot of other things. Life isn't perfect (if anyone finds a cure for rheumatoid arthritis, let me know!) but it's way better than it was. Sally's right; sometimes you have to just plough ahead and make those changes, because there's only you can do them. Good friends will always help you, but you have to make the decisions and have the motivation.

The Duke:
Hi Sally,

That sure is one honest and heart-felt post.


When life gets dark for me, I try to remember to count my blessings.

The World Health Organisation estimate that tonight, eight-hundred and fifty million people will go to bed hungry.

I was lucky enough to learn that life is short when I was younger, when I joined the Fire Service.
When life's futility and fragility drag me down, I remember the car-full of teenage corpses, the man who died on the first day of his retirement and the girl who died as I held her hand and told her everything was going to be okay.
Suddenly life's hardships and unfairness seem to be put into perspective for me.

I think it's about reaching out and pulling the good towards you, as the bad weighs you down.

Today I worked in London. I saw many affluent and successful people full of misery and when I bought a copy of the Big Issue, the vendor was brimming full of positive mental attitude. He was smiling and joking and full of life (yet sober). I think it's about perspective.

Your words are great advice:
"Go out, live life, don't assume that it will be there tomorrow, look at what is valuable to you and hold on tight to it, get rid of things that don't reward your efforts, give your kids that extra 10 minutes when they want another story at bedtime, give your partner that extra big hug."

I enjoy the famous Macbeth quote, so full of insight, yet harshly true:
    
“Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Life is indeed short, but the moment you realise this, every other moment in time seems like a gift. I suppose I'm trying to say, don't pray to wake up in the morning, rather pray with thanks and gratitude that today you lived.

Steve Jobs really hit me in a great speech he once made. You should insist to yourself and ensure that you make 15 minutes of your time to watch this:

http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html


It gives me the strength to carry on when I need it.

I don't apologise for wearing my heart on my sleeve with this post, but will leave you instead with the wise words of John Lennon:
"Life is what happens when you are making other plans"

The Duke.

Wings:
A few years ago my youngest brother was diagnosed with psychosis, aged 13, and it tore my entire world apart. I ended up having a mental breakdown, developing an anxiety disorder and having to drop out of university for a year in order to get to the point where I could function without having a panic attack when I was in a remotely stressful situation. I'm now back at university and my brother's been out of mental hospitals and off anti-psychotic drugs for almost a year, but it's been really hard work for all of us and created serious tensions with friends and family who've criticised my brother and us.

Then one of my aunts got diagnosed with terminal cancer. She's got a seven year old daughter and has at most a couple of years to live, on constant chemo courses. I now realise whatever problems my immediate family have and had are *nothing* compared to what she's going through. And yet she somehow manages to remain cheerful, to fight every day, to do all the enjoyable things she can afford to do and be there for her daughter. She lives life to the full as much as she can manage so that her last months are worth living, and to leave wonderful memories with all her family and friends. I have serious respect for the effort that costs her, and everyone else in similar situations.

I've been constantly amazed with how much you manage to do Sally since I discovered Hasslefree (ironically I discovered minis when recovering on my year off). My best friend has ME and although its far better than it used to be, the mere thought of living the life you lead made her want to lie down and recover from the idea. Always do the best that you can whilst remaining sane and healthy - if you do that there's no possible grounds anyone can criticise you. Those that do really don't matter.

Martini Henrie:

--- Quote from: Inso on May 20, 2011, 10:30:38 AM ---I can whole heartily agree with the live life to the max ethos.

Lying in your bed, in Iraq, with rockets getting closer and closer really gives you a dose of reality and you think...is it my time?  When it isn't, it is a bit like being re-born.  You see things with a different perspective...
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Agreed, mortar shells are no fun either...  Sally, I believe you can have no worries about those of use on the forum who buy your stuff, and buy into the values that you guys show in adversity.  Part of it is loyalty to the family that you make of us, and the spirit and strength you guys always show during adversity.  I just wish you ghuys had less cause to show it.  The fact that your product is great helps, and I would expect that, like me, others wish that we could buy more thus easing finantial pressures.

Keep as you are, 'Keep calm, and have a cup of tea' is a great quote.

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