Will Life Ever Be the Same - Page 5

Mimi 1883 · ‎03-15-2010

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Imaoldhippie · ‎06-10-2015

Yes eventually life will be the same just as it recooperated from the 1918 flu epidemic.

LIFE IS TO SHORT TOO FOLD FITTED SHEETS

AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

@I am still oxox

You have had very trying times and I feel so badly for you!

I also commiserate with you. Yes, its very discouraging right now. This year --- oh, boy --- how can we even begin to wrap our heads around this? None of us could ever imagine something like this!

I think back to just a few months ago --- things were so "normal" -- well, I didn't give things much thought to be truthful. Other than, I did feel grateful every day because I had retired a year ago and I was so happy to be over and done with all of that --- finally --- after having worked nearly 50 years! I was just beginning to get used to my new found freedom. Getting up when I wanted, eating when I wanted, taking walks when I wanted. DH and I could get in the car and take drives and stop here and there whenever we felt like it. We could go out to eat when we wanted. I could go shopping whenever the mood hit me. We could go in stores and find what we wanted, when we wanted. We could meet family or friends! Then --- boom! What was our "normal" life that we really didn't have to give much concentrated thought to, was suddenly like a dream, or something that happened in another life!

So, yes, I can understand your sadness, your anxiety and desolation perahaps even. To live this way -- it's just not the way we as humans are meant to live. I mean, we have to do this to help save our lives and the lives of others. But it is difficult and at times it feels overwhelming.

Will life every be the same? I wish I could answer that. At this moment, my inclination would be to say --- no, it will never be the same. I feel it will be very challenging for a long, long time. But perhaps, in many ways, life might and could be better. Meaning perhaps many, many people will have a different outlook, in that they will be so much more appreciative and thoughtful --- realizing how much good there is and how fortunate we are ,and have learned to realize how much we have and what is really important.

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin

RealtyGal2 · ‎01-05-2017

I understand what you are saying and feel badly that you are so depressed. However, might I point out that it sounds as though you will be able to retire with enough money to live on, you are in your own home, and you have enough to eat, etc. Try to be positive because you probably have a lot to be positive about. There are people that do not have homes or food or families or friends or jobs or make enough to live on and many who have lost loved ones. Let's focus on what we do have and be thankful that all those people that we don't even know are out on the front lines risking their lives for us.

I honestly do not mean to minimize your feelings, but it does not help to dwell on the negative, expecially when you have no control over it. I hope that focusing on the current situation in a different way and from a different perspective make you will feel a little better. Honestly, I would like to go back to the 60's if I could, but that is not in the cards.

FrostyBabe1 · ‎05-09-2016

@I am still oxox wrote:
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Thank you but I pass by most of the doom and gloom posta

@FrostyBabe1 wrote:
It may not be the same, but it has the capacity to be good. Very, very good. Maybe not today, but we can get there. A lot depends on how YOU decide it's going to be. In that light, I'm going to make a suggestion. Please know that it's made with care and concern. You need a break from this place. It's not healthy for you (and many others) right now. The vast majority of the discussion is of gloom and doom. That's not what's happening in the real life that I know. People are concerned, they know it's serious, but they're not dwelling on it. Please, just hit the "sign out" button and walk away for awhile. It's the healthy thing to do.

@I am still oxox - respectfully, having read your many, many posts on this subject, it seems that you don't pass by those posts and are rather consumed by them. Dwelling on negativity is of no use to anyone, and fears that are driven by the misinformation and exaggeration prevelant here are just so unnecessary. Take a deep breath, and another one. I wish you all the best, whatever you decide to do.

~The more someone needs to brag about how wonderful, special, successful, wealthy or important they are, the greater the likelihood that it isn't true. ~

KatieB · ‎03-10-2010

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@Mimi 1883 I don't even know what this is supposed to mean.

catwhisperer · ‎07-11-2010

@I am still oxox.....this has been a rough year for me too, as it has for many people. One thing I have learned from my grief counselor is to give myself credit for getting through all the things I have had to deal with.

Yes, you have been through a lot this past year, but you got through it, right? You will get through this too. Life as we used to know it may not go back to exactly the way it was, but we will learn to adjust.

I promise to remind myself every day that I am strong, courageous, and resilient.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@KatieB

She is sending you love as a comment to your post

@KatieB wrote:
@Mimi 1883 wrote:
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@Mimi 1883 I don't even know what this is supposed to mean.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

gellen · ‎03-14-2010

I do think it is harder if you live alone. I think you can "get into your head" more. my school is also closed and I miss my second family. We Zoom once in awhile but it is not the same. I am fortunate to have family in the area, but at the end of the day I am still by myself. My sister might disagree because her hubby is a social butterfly and is used to having friends around! I have found that taking walks and drives (not getting out of the car) has helped. I am also waiting for it to warm up in Pennsylvania where I live so I can be in my backyard more. Take care everyone

Pecky · ‎03-10-2010

I believe that eventually things will be back to normal. We have more resources today then we did back in 1918 to help us and the economy. It's going to take time but I really think we will be back to normal.