novakru
07-29-2009, 08:11 AM
Just found out an old friend has lung cancer and it may have spread to his brain.
He's 47 and has a 19 year old son.
He's going to die.
I haven't heard any good news about any of my friends in so long that I steel myself up everytime the phone rings.
Someone is getting their electric cut off, not because they don't work their asses off and spend money like water, but because the dollar just doesn't go as far anymore.
Another is getting a divorce uglier than mine.
Another is getting a tumor removed from her breast.
Another had a miscarriage.
I never remember life being this hard.
I had a talk with my 10 year who was upset about her new DSi being broken. I told her about the 2 year found in our town hiding in a closet hungry with clothes that were dirty, and the snot and tears still crusted to his little face. The mother FORGOT about him because she was trying to score some crack. And you will never hear about this on the news and it happens EVERYDAY.
A broken DSi is nothing. A broken car is nothing. The house getting perfectly cleaned is nothing. The fact that you don't have the latest technological toy is nothing. All these things that American society makes you believe is important: the nice car, the big house, the gadgets, the clothes.....is NOTHING.
It can always be worse. Count your blessings, grab the people you love and THANK GOD or whatever you believe in that you have them.
I sat outside last night and stood in the moment, felt the breeze on my skin, heard the wind in the trees, saw the beauty of the stars and thought how fucking lucky I am just to be in this moment. I had THAT. Wow. Amazing!
Is life sad and hard? Yes. Nobody promised us anything really, we don't deserve anything really...but we get each other-how fucking lucky are we for our friends and family? Wow. Amazing.:)
He's 47 and has a 19 year old son.
He's going to die.
I haven't heard any good news about any of my friends in so long that I steel myself up everytime the phone rings.
Someone is getting their electric cut off, not because they don't work their asses off and spend money like water, but because the dollar just doesn't go as far anymore.
Another is getting a divorce uglier than mine.
Another is getting a tumor removed from her breast.
Another had a miscarriage.
I never remember life being this hard.
I had a talk with my 10 year who was upset about her new DSi being broken. I told her about the 2 year found in our town hiding in a closet hungry with clothes that were dirty, and the snot and tears still crusted to his little face. The mother FORGOT about him because she was trying to score some crack. And you will never hear about this on the news and it happens EVERYDAY.
A broken DSi is nothing. A broken car is nothing. The house getting perfectly cleaned is nothing. The fact that you don't have the latest technological toy is nothing. All these things that American society makes you believe is important: the nice car, the big house, the gadgets, the clothes.....is NOTHING.
It can always be worse. Count your blessings, grab the people you love and THANK GOD or whatever you believe in that you have them.
I sat outside last night and stood in the moment, felt the breeze on my skin, heard the wind in the trees, saw the beauty of the stars and thought how fucking lucky I am just to be in this moment. I had THAT. Wow. Amazing!
Is life sad and hard? Yes. Nobody promised us anything really, we don't deserve anything really...but we get each other-how fucking lucky are we for our friends and family? Wow. Amazing.:)