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The widespread prescriptions for anti depressants in the US tells us something about the quality of living and the overall health of our society
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Wouldn't it be fascinating if we could see a breakdown by country of the % of their respective pop. that were on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds?!
I realize that many factors would rob us of any grand conclusions, but at the very least we might compare western affluent nations to each other, and other nations of similar categories.

Hell, maybe the largest poll ever taken on general satisfaction with life across the globe. I'll get right on that...;) :eek:
 
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And BobWhite just hand-made a guitar, and Steve Ferguson is continuing what Bill Martino did in sending Ram through medical school, with the help of H.I. and Yangdu, and BUNCHES of Cantinistas, and big-ole-hardass Norm is saving bunnies, and and and and and and.....oh, Jake got a puppy and THEN sent money to Steve for Ram...long after the raffle was over, just because he could.

there's lots of joy there.
 
And BobWhite just hand-made a guitar, and Steve Ferguson is continuing what Bill Martino did in sending Ram through medical school, with the help of H.I. and Yangdu, and BUNCHES of Cantinistas, and big-ole-hardass Norm is saving bunnies, and and and and and and.....oh, Jake got a puppy and THEN sent money to Steve for Ram...long after the raffle was over, just because he could.

there's lots of joy there>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kismet



Naw- that's just rabbit food!


munk
 
MauiRob said:
They spend all day complaining about their lives, and yet are (for the most part) not willing to give up anything to get what they want.

Rob
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MauiRob said:
When I feel upset about a situation I often don't find the answer until I stop and say to myself
"ok, so what's the real problem?"
and then "so what are you gonna do about it?" and finally
"what am I willing to give up to get what I want"

When I'm thinking clearly I realize that I've got choices:

1) deal with it
2) change it
3) get out
4) no matter which of the above be grateful and happy to be alive and trust
that things will work out as they are supposed to.
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Words to warm an old man's heart.:thumbup: :)
 
This is my best day as a forumite to date. I finished a project which brought me joy and shared it with you guys. Yangdu said it was nice (I'm trying not to get a big head here). This thread has made me realize how far I've come in a year or so. Last year it was me on the prozak, depressed and self depricating. My woodworking had lagged, my job performance was horrible, my marriage was suffering. Today my marriage is solid, my knife collection booming, I'm practicing craftsmanship daily, and I'm happy. I don't do that type of humor anymore and I hadn't realized that I had changed that part of me until this morning. When I started coming out of my depression I discovered how far I had drifted from my childhood self. Since then I've steered toward that boy. This evening I took Hannah, my daughter, for a walk in the woods in the park near our house. I had my seax in my pocket. I didn't get to use it but my daughter wanted to see it. I showed her and she said it was pretty. Today was my best day in a long time period.
 
Geeze, I don't want to sound like a 12 Step program or anything, but Andy, you just capped this day good.

I'm glad this is a place one can feel comfortable enough to lower a few self imposed walls and listen. And offer. We'll just keep pluggin along, call 'em like we see them, help when we can and celebrate life. You're a part of that for sure and the Cantina deserves the compliment.



munk
 
munk said:
I don't know anyone who doesn't shoot themselves in the foot occasionally if not on a regular basis.
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munk
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This is why I walk with a perpetual limp. It's a Nenderthal thang.....
 
I have this little booklet, which I'd received for free when I visited a temple.

Author's a nepalese who had became a Tibetan monk at a tender age on 13.

There is this phrase by him...so very simple and yet enlightening....'you can choose to be happy or choose to be not happy'.
 
jurassicnarc44 "This is why I walk with a perpetual limp."



You know, Every time I see the name jurassicnarc, posting from the forum notification in my Yahoo mailbox, I think happily; "alright, I wonder what he said today."

>>>>>>>>>

I thought of a funny phrase just now:
We are men who compromise our moral limits with the stern and solemn pronouncement that we would never do so.



munk
 
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