Popular Post petitepedal ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share #1 Posted September 25, 2020 Just am...too much anger in the world too much stress...too many people who don't care....kinda wish we had an eject option. Wrote this before my trainer session..My mood is a tad better..but dang I am frustrated 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 25, 2020 Serenity now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 25, 2020 Share #3 Posted September 25, 2020 Kid, there's people depending on you. Have a glass a wine or two, listen to whatever inspires ya. Go to bed Get up and keep on keepin on. You're part of something big here, can't be quitin now..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted September 25, 2020 Share #4 Posted September 25, 2020 Going through the same thing right now. All I can offer is my go to "hang in there" song. I listen to it whenever I feel like quitting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 25, 2020 Share #5 Posted September 25, 2020 Got a lot of life in it, no ? Nate springs to mind... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #6 Posted September 25, 2020 City life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #7 Posted September 25, 2020 It's a tough time right now. Locally and nationally we're being polarized by extremist goons on both sides of the aisle. The whole country is a shit show and I fear things are going to get uglier. It's just now starting to hit the US after all these years of insulation. Basically, the human race is a disgrace. I often wonder how mankind has been able to do it so far w/ millions dead by the human hand, bomb, sword, knife, gun or some other killing kind of weapon -- and counting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #8 Posted September 25, 2020 Oh, have a nice day. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted September 25, 2020 Share #9 Posted September 25, 2020 Yeah a lot of suck right now but take a deep breath, one foot in front of the other. Tomorrow is a new day and we’ll make it through this. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #10 Posted September 25, 2020 27 minutes ago, petitepedal said: Just am...too much anger in the world too much stress...too many people who don't care....kinda wish we had an eject option. Wrote this before my trainer session..My mood is a tad better..but dang I am frustrated Also, just turn off the news. Maybe pack a gun if you don't own one. Go the range, practice, and think of -- whatever makes you angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted September 25, 2020 Share #11 Posted September 25, 2020 I know exactly how you feel. These are unsettling times. Your people need you-- keep on making their lives better. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #12 Posted September 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, Longjohn said: City life petite is MTM! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #13 Posted September 25, 2020 Also it's a good idea to stay out of downtown... anywhere. I think @Longjohnis partly right. But most of us need the cities for the jobs though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 25, 2020 Share #14 Posted September 25, 2020 It's hard because you've physically been near some of the protests so you're much more in touch with them. I've found that I'll read or watch the news in the morning, but I won't watch news in the evening. It was getting me stressed out and upset before bed. I also try to make sure to take some time for myself, whether that's having lunch with my sister, reading silly mystery books that don't tax the brain or watching "happy" tv. The hard part is when I'm busy at work and that starts to stress me out and I don't have time for the things that put my mind and spirit in the right mood. The thing is the nice, helpful people don't make the news, but they're around. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted September 25, 2020 Share #15 Posted September 25, 2020 Life is not easy, but it is worth the effort. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted September 25, 2020 57 minutes ago, Dottles said: Also, just turn off the news. Maybe pack a gun if you don't own one. Go the range, practice, and think of -- whatever makes you angry. I have turned off the news and the wine..and I am trying to meditate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #17 Posted September 25, 2020 Woot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #18 Posted September 25, 2020 Maybe reading Hamlet would help. OK, just the best part, the soliloquy: HAMLET: To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep-- No more--and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-- To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprise of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now, The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. Purchase this play MORE MONOLOGUES BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BROWSE MORE MONOLOGUES BY PLAYWRIGHT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Page Turner Posted September 25, 2020 Popular Post Share #19 Posted September 25, 2020 ...if it makes you feel any better, the first two flights of Sandhill cranes flew over my house today. They come every year to winter over and nest down in the river sloughs and flooded fields south of me. They've been doing this a very long time. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #20 Posted September 25, 2020 8 hours ago, petitepedal said: Just am...too much anger in the world too much stress...too many people who don't care....kinda wish we had an eject option. Wrote this before my trainer session..My mood is a tad better..but dang I am frustrated I think this pandemic plus the controversial political and social news has most of us experiencing a lot of lows. I turn 70 on Oct. 1 and would normally go to a restaurant with 10-15 relatives and friends like the moderately-expensive, Brazilian Fogo de Chao where the waiters walk around with all kinds of differently prepared beef, pork, and chicken on skewers and stop at your table for fresh meat when you turn your card green side up. But large groups can't be done now so I'm going to celebrate 70 next year - hopefully. Also, almost everyone in my high school class turned or will turn 70 this year and we can't get together in large (12+) groups for our "Class of 68 Lunch Bunch" and celebrate 70 together after knowing each other for over half a century from kid to worker to retiree. That bugs me a lot. Last night I talked to my NJ cousin for an hour on the phone. We both said we're watching the news much, much less because it stresses us out too much. So we try to cherish little things, whether it's discovering Sous Vide Cooking, walking the dog on a trail, working out, doing online games (Candy Crush, Chess, Solitaire, etc.). and whatever else brings a smile to our faces. I finally got Fios Most Plus working last Friday and now I can watch Mom and 2 1/2 Men and all kinds of history, etc. stuff all day! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #21 Posted September 25, 2020 You used to go to Barley Johns with friends. Church social events. And all those other interactions that we can’t do anymore. Can you plan a safe social event for some of your friends outside somewhere? I’m sure they feel the same. Give each one a task or something to bring. The isolation is wearing on us all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted September 25, 2020 47 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: You used to go to Barley Johns with friends. Church social events. And all those other interactions that we can’t do anymore. Can you plan a safe social event for some of your friends outside somewhere? I’m sure they feel the same. Give each one a task or something to bring. The isolation is wearing on us all. Interestingly enough..most of my friends will not do social anything..talked with a church friend who won't even do socially distanced, take out in her yard with 6ft space...which is what I am doing with a friend tonight..I am careful...but I am still gonna live and do at least some stuff...no weekend trip to the orchard..that has to be a weekday thing. So many things are too crowded on a weekend... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #23 Posted September 25, 2020 It is interesting what a wide variation there is on how careful people are. Some are totally strict and others are quite active. And it can lead to stress when you get pushed out of your comfort zone, or have to turn something down to avoid that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted September 25, 2020 Share #24 Posted September 25, 2020 When the world goes to shit, all you can do is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted September 25, 2020 Share #25 Posted September 25, 2020 May I suggest trying a new hobby that will take your mind off all the bad going on in the world. I suggest sidecar racing...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted September 25, 2020 Share #26 Posted September 25, 2020 The lack of isolation from the pandemic and the extreme polarization of politics have made it stressful for a lot of us! Grateful to have my bikes, the Miata and streaming music while on the patio to buffer things a bit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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