Some Changes

Heck Corporal, it may seem like you can't get there from here but you really never know until you get there. You just gotta keep pluggin' at it if it means that much to you. You speak of not having enough time, why? Not trying to be flippant here but are you dying or are you a lot older than I thought you were? Now if you want to hear about how family can screw thing up, drop me an email and prepare yourself for a book (this offer is open to CP only thank you).

Look, I was a healthy man who was making a great living. While I was doing my job I got into an automobile accident in the course of my job. Suddenly I was disabled and unable to work ever again. Pain is my constant companion, everyday. Some days it is worse than others but it hurts everyday. If I see something I can't afford, too bad. No more getting that extra job and making it happen. Yet I still feel blessed beyond understanding. I have a place to live and I am more than well fed. I can't always get all the stuff done around the house I want done but what I need done gets done.

So what I am getting at is this, never let things get you down.
Keep the faith and stay the course because you never know what will happen next.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
...I've calculated the variables, and as far as my one, greatest dream, the one that was always there, even in the midst of other dreams, is gone. I can't get there from here. I don't have time. I could win the powerball, and the money would avail me nothing. After years of fighting, rage, plotting and scheming, it finally sunk in that there's no way. 5 Stages of grief type of thing, I guess I finally hit "acceptance".

But it feels like I'm dead. I look at the rest of my life, and I can't think of one thing I want to do anymore.

I don't know if I'm going to find another direction to go, or just fall and be done with it.
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This can be a painful state, but it is one of great value.

I pray you find the strength and wisdom to utilize this rare and valuable opportunity.
 
Thanks, guys, I really do appreciate the help (and you do help).

I'm thinking this is one of those "preparation" things, but I don't know, maybe I'm just being optimistic. I don't really care right now, that's all I have to hold on to, true or not.

All I know is things are changing -- for better or for worse, i won't know until I get to the end.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
Thanks, guys, I really do appreciate the help (and you do help).

I'm thinking this is one of those "preparation" things, but I don't know, maybe I'm just being optimistic. I don't really care right now, that's all I have to hold on to, true or not.

All I know is things are changing -- for better or for worse, i won't know until I get to the end.
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It's just life, Friend. Sometimes the mileage is rough. If possible, try not to take it too seriously.
 
Kismet said:
It's just life, Friend. Sometimes the mileage is rough. If possible, try not to take it too seriously.
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Wise advice there.

I wish you the very best Cpl, hope you get through your troubles relatively unscathed. Take it easy mate.
 
Best of luck for the journey ahead. As someone whose life has also taken dramatic twists & turns in the last few years, all I can say is that a little bit down the road you'll probably look behind you and feel like the troubled times went by much faster than it felt when you were going through it, and that if you keep a positive attitude, you'll probably come out the richer for the experience ... just throwing in my two-bit for all that it's worth. My prayers are with you.
 
Best of luck, Cpl -- I've really appreciated your insight and kind words on this forum. Hopefully you'll still be around regularly, and if not, maybe drop by every now and often and bless us with your presence. Life is about change; man is resilient. Maybe you'll never be back to where you were, but you'll always have the capacity to be as happy as you've ever been no matter where you are. Cheers!
 
Cpl,

Hope to see you still around.

You're a fixture around here and I've always enjoyed your posts:thumbup:

Jim
 
Thanks, guys.

I really appreciate it.

Got a few doctor appointments for the rest of the week, then I start in earnest.
 
That sucks, I'm a has-been too. Bruce Springsteen put it best... "Is a dream alive if it doesn't come true, or is it something worse?" Making the best of it and enjoying every second, the good and the bad, for what it is- that's all ya can really do.
 
I just saw this, hope things work out for you. I have had some dark times myself, keep marching forward.
 
Cpl, my thoughts are with you.

Being going though a tough period myself this year, health-wise things are not good with no positive outcomes that I can see at present.

I've got little control over things, its a matter of waiting and seeing how they play out, only time will tell.

All the best to you.

bruce
 
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