Life!

[Cassus Fett]

Why is Life always an up hill struggle, you try your hardest to get past the first things it throws at you and when you get up that hill your faced by a mountain of something else. Why cant just a few things be easy!

[Jedi Master Harrison]

If I had any words of wisdom for you I would certainly share them. But the truth is...........I just don't know mate. I have often wondered that myself. :banghead:

Just remember one thing, no matter how bad things get, they are never that bad that they cannot easily get worse at the drop of a hat.

[Cassus Fett]

Yeah you are right

[Tovor]

Hey Cassus, here is some fuel for thought:
http://www.galacticsenate.com/showthread.php?p=901602#post901602

[Kommandant Felix]

I never look at it like that. I take each hill as a challenge, and life is just a series of challenges. I take enjoyment out of every hill, and even though I may find myself lacking, I still give it a try anyways. Even if I fail, I try to gain something out of it, and that's what life is about. Even though there are many challenges in life...what determines if you are a winner is if you rise to meet those challenges...oftentimes, we are presented with an easy way out, a way to escape our problems instead of dealing with them. I try to to do so, simply because I believe that quitters never win. Even though there are many hardships in life, well, I just try to deal with them. After all, you only live twice.

[Cassus Fett]

You only live twice?

[kopernikuz]

I too try to recognize hardships as opportunities to grow. The key is "growing" through trials... instead of "going" through them. It's easier said than done... because it has to be a very intentional and conscious effort on our part to change the attitude we have towards it. And it is not something we can change or do overnight... like anything worth doing, it requires effort and persistence. We must take heart.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It's being afraid and thrusting forward anyway.

While it's not everyone's choice... I find my strength in my faith.

[Tovor]

I too try to recognize hardships as opportunities to grow. The key is "growing" through trials... instead of "going" through them. It's easier said than done... because it has to be a very intentional and conscious effort on our part to change the attitude we have towards it. And it is not something we can change or do overnight... like anything worth doing, it requires effort and persistence. We must take heart.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It's being afraid and thrusting forward anyway.

While it's not everyone's choice... I find my strength in my faith.
I love that line about courage. The way I heard it many years ago (I had it posted on my fridge door as a reminder) was "Courage is not the absence of fear, but your actions in spite of it."

I also like what you said about not going through trials but growing through them. Do you mind if I use that, and quote you, in my blog?

[kopernikuz]

Not at all... but I can't take credit for it anymore than I can the line about courage... both are just adages I've learned somewhere down the line from other people or books or something, lol...

I am a junior high youth leader at a church and we just recently talked about facing trials as the kids head back to school... but you don't have to be a Christian to appreciate the truth found here in James:
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
I've always liked that verse, because it sounds insane to ask someone to consider it "joy" to face trials... but it's all about maintaining perspective when going through them. Knowing that we become stronger for conquering them and mature and grow because of them.

[Jedi_Poo]

This is what life has thrown at me the past few days. We recieved over twelve inches of rain and it caused by whole block to flood. It got up to shin high in one area of the house and ankle deep in the rest. In the pics I have already removed the carpet and was in the process of removing the particle board from the floor. One pic has me pointing at the wall that is how high it got from the floor up in the deepest part of the house. Another pic shows my size thirteen shoe compared to how high it was with the water line. It still had about an inch or so till the water line. The rest are just pics of the damage done. I'm doing fine and right now we are cutting into the wall to remove the affected drywall. Hopefully I will upload more photos of my progress.

[Kommandant Felix]

You only live twice?
That's the name of an old James Bond flick.
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Courage is not the lack of fear. It's being afraid and thrusting forward anyway.

While it's not everyone's choice... I find my strength in my faith.

I also find strength in my faith...having faith helps maintain a positive attitude in life. Believing in a God helps preserve the hope that good will reign over evil in the end (as I believe), and that even though we face hardships, God is still with us in the Arena.

[Zedekk]

People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.

[Blizzard]

Wow, that sucks, Poo!! We recently had horrid flooding in MN and my relatives had lots of damage. Water was near roof level in some homes.

[Zedekk]

Flooding sucks!

[Blizzard]

Any idea how much it sucks when they have food drives at work and there are tons of boxes of food for the poor sitting in the hallways, yet YOU go home and wonder wtf you are going to feed your own kid for dinner because the credit card is maxed out and you don't even have enough money to buy a stick of butter.

Yeah. That's life.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

^ Well, if you have no money, technically speaking that makes you poor and eligible to take some of the food in those boxes, by my book.

As a totally random comment - isn't life weird sometimes?!

[Javen]

Why not borrow some food from the Muslims in your apartment complex? They aren't needing it this month. right?

[Jedi Master Harrison]

^ :rofl:, good one! If I hadn't just repped you for something else, I would have done! You're on form tonight mate!

[Javen]

haha Thanks!

[Blizzard]

Why not borrow some food from the Muslims in your apartment complex? They aren't needing it this month. right?Ahahaha!!! :w00t:

[Cassus Fett]

Why do i have to decide between two wonderful girls for :(

[Zedekk]

what's wrong with you? Take em both! not necessarily at the same time, but date them both at the same time. Why should you have to make a choice?

[Jedi Master Harrison]

I agree with Zed. Or have some funky competition thing to see who will do what for you! Either way, ultimately it will all go wrong (these situations always do), so you might as well make the most of it while you can! :wink:

[Zedekk]

try to make it last as long as possible and if they won't go for it, find 2 other girls that will!

[Master_Kinnon]

Decide? What's this nonsense! Unless it's about to turn serious put yourself out there are bit!

[Orandhite]

You've got two right? So if you got...say...another two, that would be four.

Then you've got yourself a party.

[Blizzard]

Ditto what the boys said. I have dated more than one guy at once. The only hard part was telling one not to come over because the other one was there, and he even begged. :bigsmile:

[leiaorgana]

Agree with all, you're still young, enjoy life, have fun!

[Kommandant Felix]

Cassus, I've been down that road before. It only leads to pain, suffering, anger, the Dark Side. I'm going to have to go against the grain on this one, defying popular opinion (as always).

I would advise you to choose only one, and take the safe road. Better safe than sorry, right?

In trying to get both, you may lose both. I don't know how special they are to you, but if they are good friends of yours, then think of the consequences. Hypothetically, if you started dating both and they found out, what would happen? You would (probably) lose both of them whereas If you only dated only one of them, you still could be friends with the other one, even if something does go wrong. And many times, these relationships do bleed over. What if they both fall for you? What if it gets serious? I would choose now, when it is relatively easy, rather than later, when things are difficult.

I know its a hard choice, buddy, but that's what I would advise.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

^ That is good sensible advice, but as you are going to lose them both at some point or other anyway, I maintain you should have as much fun as you can while you are young and can get away with it! :)

[Orandhite]

^ Wow, nothing like being positive about things dude!

[leiaorgana]

^ :rofl:

well the thing is: if the girls get involved they'll suffer and in that case better not play with their feeling, but if you're clear with them, or they're just having a good time like yourself then go ahead and date them both!

[Jedi Master Harrison]

Well, my take wasn't meant to be negative, it was that if you have to think about which one to choose then clearly neither one is 'the one', so you might as well make the most of having 2 women interested! Proviso - the truth always comes out in the end, so if you are going to two-time them, tread with care!

[Orandhite]

Ah, sorry, must have misread that then! :(

If I am completely honest, one woman is enough trouble on her own, so pick one and don't make yourself more hassle! :D