One of the worst days of my life...

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achilles.357

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So i hope eveyones day is going good cause mine sure isnt. Well first i go into work like every day and find out my company is laying a bunch of people off and i so happen to be one of them. 8 years and no warning. A real low blow if you ask me. Then I find out my car was broken into and my wallet and a couple other things were taken but the thing that they took that kills me is my beloved combat karambit that i had for less than 3 months. Real heart breaking. I almost busted a tear honestly. So i lost my job and holy grail knife to me all in a couple hours. Damn i need a drink.
 
Your right; not a good day, but Praying God will bring a new job soon.
 
yeah , I think the universe likes to test us, this is just a test of your attachment; remember that objects mean little and what is important is your family :D ; also report that junk stolen you may get it back from a local pawn dealer;and this may be a chance to start something good for you rather than working for someone else, explore your options , do not give up!
 
Yeah, objects and a job can be replaced. I have had a VERY ROUGH past few days. 2 family members that I live with have passed away. My grandmother passed away from old age on Friday last week just before I got home from work. Was expecting that but still very hard to deal with. Then my ever so sweet and loving Mackerel Tabby boy cat, the only and best friend I have outside of the work place for the past 5years and 3months passed away in my arms Monday morning just before 4:00am. His name is Koon and he was a abandoned stray that showed up in the backyard network where I lived with my Grandmother. It took a few "play dates" before he trusted me enough to jump off the fence and allow me to pet him. I spent 5 hours with him in the backyard that night. Since then, he slowly transitioned into a being a key member of the family and was sleeping on the corner of my bed within half a year. He was a blessing that kept my family together. He always sat or napped besides me when I was doing work at home. He taught me how to be a better person through humility, appreciation and unconditional love. Those that have been looking/reading my post know I carve replacement scales and backspacers for my Emerson knives. One of the unmentioned reasons is that I want to have a craft/hobby that would allow me some more time with my 4 legged sidekick. Now that he has moved on to a better place free of suffering, I have great difficulty even touching the knives I have customized since he has OK each of them to date. We all get dealt really difficult events in our lives but we have to keep our chin up. Not trying to ruin anyones day but life can be really hard on ones soul. Live well and if you have a sidekick, give em a great big hug for me, Thanks for read my post guys! Ray
 
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There's some very good advice in the above posts. I can't really add more than what has been said already but I can let you know that better days are coming for sure.
 
Dayyuum guys, I'm getting weepy in the middle of a work day... I spent 1.5 days not knowing where my faithful CQC-10BTS was and I HATED it. Found it at approximately 7:00pm yesterday and won't let it out of my reach. My stray is christened "Baby Kitty" and she's a 15 year old long hair gray female that has the attitude of 100 ninja's and the vocabulary of the proverbial inebriated sailor. Not many humans I wouldn't sacrifice for that stray (fair warning to the universe). So sorry guys, and you know I mean it.
 
I know how you feel. One of the worst experiences in my life was losing my job. It was 2 weeks before Christmas and an entire department was let go.
My daughters were both pre school age and even though my family was supportive, I still felt like a failure.
You'll get a better job, I did and so will you. It's one of those "life experiences"

Good luck and be well. ( you too Rayster)
 
I hate that you have to go through that man! My mentor used to always say:
"A setback is a setup for a comeback"
As a HR manger, 8 years is a long time to be on a job these days. You will be far ahead of other applicants in that regard and should be able to get another job. The knife and break in add to your day but you have a choice to not let it get you down. Stay positive!
 
There are days in everyone's life when you fell like s**t, feel low! depressed, and you name it. Every time I am in the dump, I think about the guy with real problem I see every time I go to the VA Hospital.

Was an inpatient there recently, I was the healthiest guy in the four bed room. We had one empty bed, one Guy was waiting to see the Oncologist, the other guy was was a Type One Diabetic, on Dylasis.

So I was much better off than the other two. Sometime you have to look around to understand how lucky you might be on a bad day.

I live in a community with most over 55 year old folks, most are not bad off, most are retired, and living the good life. It poses me off when they moan about little bump in life.

My standard reply is to come with me my next trip to our VA Hospital, and sit in the mail hall for an hour. If you do not feel lucky you can not see, or are blind.
 
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Sorry guys, things can go south in life real fast. Last year in December I lost my job and my wife (ex) kicked me out of the house. I received 2014 jobless, wifeless and homeless. Had to stay a couple of weeks with a few friends until I could find a place to stay. I think everything that could go wrong went wrong in the next several months including health issues and off course I end up not being able to see our dog and cat which stay with her.
Fast forward I got a new job, new place and rescued a couple of kittens from a cat rescue group that are my sunshine. They will be 6 months old next week.
The only constant in life is change. This shall pass and better times will come

Rayster seems like you need to get a rescue cat to bring you joy. I'm very sorry for your loss. I know exactly how devastating it is but seems that you gave him a great life so thanks for being his care giver!
God luck guys!
 
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Sorry guys, things can go south in life real fast. Last year in December I lost my job and my wife (ex) kicked me out of the house. I received 2014 jobless, wifeless and homeless. Had to stay a couple of weeks with a few friends until I could find a place to stay. I think everything that could go wrong went wrong in the next several months including health issues and off course I end up not being able to see our dog and cat which stay with her.
Fast forward I got a new job, new place and rescued a couple of kittens from a cat rescue group that are my sunshine. They will be 6 months old next week.
The only constant in life is change. This shall pass and better times will come
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You seem to have turned your life around, bet your attitude help you accomplish this turn around. People sometime need to remember the thing in life that money can not buy are more important than materials processions.
 
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You seem to have turned your life around, bet your attitude help you accomplish this turn around. People sometime need to remember the thing in life that money can not buy are more important than materials processions.
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Life is a struggle; the minute you think you have it all sorted out they change the rules LOL. You need to always have HOPE and know and believe things will change. They do!
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In July of this year I found myself in a VA Hospital as an inpatient with fluid retention problems. On day two I found I could not move my lower extremities, as apparently the fluid retention problem cause my body to poison it self, and I was septic.

I was already forcing fluids, and had an IV running at a fairly a high rate to try and flush out my system. But the paralysis was an obstacle I knew only one way to over come.

I started a self PT program from my bed first working my upper extremities, and than push my lower extremities as much as I could stand. The nursing staff though I was nuts not waiting for physical therapy to arrive, and work with me.

I went back to some training I had in the military that taught me your mind is an obstacle, and you body can be pushed farther than your mind would allow you to think possible.

In the end physical therapy arrived, most of the work was done, and I was up walking again with in four days. Think it was a combination of the huge amount of fluids I poured down, and my self physical therapy program.
 
Sorry to hear about that man. I'll keep you in my prayers but maybe you should have been carrying the combat karambit? Lol, I'm only slightly kidding though. I carry ALL THE TIME even if I am not supposed too. But in a more serious note, knives and jobs can be replaced so be thankful that is all that you lost. Sometimes life events like this make you appreciate the things you have that money can't buy and someday when you have a new job (but more importantly a new knife haha), you may be able to look back on this as a learning experience. I wish you the best!
 
That really stinks brother, better days are coming. If you and your family are healthy, you aren't doing so bad.

You'll get a better job, and get another grail. I got fired from a job years ago, a complete surprise. What I couldn't see at the time was the next job on the horizon that paid much more money and a better employer with better benefits.

Keep your head up.
 
Total bummer.. Hang in there.. When times get hard, I tend to recall Nietzsche's famous maxim; "What does not kill me, makes me stronger".. So true..

Cheers,
Serge
 
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