Life's tough

What on earth is the point of posts like this I wonder? Perhaps you want a pity party.... perhaps you like attention... But for me this is just like a Hallmark Greeting card verse.... I give it little attention, unless to mock it or smile inside (in a bad way).

For me its just a way how you think life is that you will experience life as you describe it to be. But then try to think life is a time for us to be with our loved ones and friends. Don't thhink of the diseases coming along your way but be happy with what you have right now. Life may be hard but bearable for as long as you have loved ones around you and take care of you. They may be gone in time but surely there are others who will be left for you to hang on till its your time to go. I am pretty sure life is not all suffering there may be test that come along your way but there are also happy times which you should treasure more than keeping in your heart the hardships and struggle in mind always. Stay happy despite the hardships and sooner or later you'll a much brighter days ahead.

Life itself is special and we have to learn to cherish it be it good or bad. One cannot expect to have only good, otherwise one would not know the meaning of it. To fully understand the meaning of life one has to go through the experiences good and bad.

I definitely agree. Sometimes I feel like I'm just letting my life pass me by and that scares me but sometimes I also feel like it's out of my hands. It's a no win situation at times. I definitely agree that we should cherish the good times and our loved ones. Life is to short not to. That's a shame what happened to the 6 year old. I'm so sorry about that. It breaks my heart to hear things like that...

it depend on your attitude to life. even life is short, you can be more happier if you lower your life target and try to treause every thing around you.

do not be so pessimistic. everything has its value, whether happyness or sadness, whether success or lose. don't you think that after lose you will cherish more about what you have now. and after you are defeated you will become more encouragous? many years ago i was sad when i did not pass a exam or get any defeat. but now everything is not as that important as i saw before. the world is still beautiful even though there are many bad news. just keep a clam mood.

well, we can't really help it as it is the nature of the fallen world... we live in a fallen world ever since Adam and Eve fall into sin by not obeying God's commands and all the things that you mention in your post are the consequences... unfortunately, we can't avoid it... we have to accept it and struggle in this life after God comes again for the second time and bring all of us who believe in Him to our eternal home... we are just a pilgrim in this world and this is only our temporary place... so that's why we need the strength and guidance from God to go through our lives in this world because as you say life is tough... we can't and don't have the strength to walk alone in this world if God is not with us... take care and have a nice day...

I am sorry to hear the passing of your colleague's 16 year old child. It must be really hard for your colleague to come into terms. Yes I agreed with you that life is tough not just for me but for all people. They even have their own problems and dilemmas but this was just the way of life. Of course we are here to live and to fulfill and live our lives to the fullest. God has given me so many challenges as well as blessings that everyday He accompanied us. I lost my mum to cancer almost 9 years ago and since then I've been trying to cope with the great loss but eventually it gives me understandings that we cannot live forever. We are all gonna die but before we come to that point we have to do everything that we can to build our humanity and to pass our value to the children for the next generations to come. Hopefully the future would be better although there will be bad times when they will be tested for survival in this fast growing world and many weird things happening more frequently. Thanks for sharing your views and take care. Cheers.

yeah i agree lets live everyday as it was your last lets love as it is your first live up your life to the fullest

I agree with you, Lynette. Life's a totally uncertain period where each moment you pass, each thing you do, each breath you take, may be the very last of yours. All our lives, we run after money, after luxury, thinking that they are the ultimate goal of our lives, thinking that more money will buy us more happiness. But we don't know exactly how much is the limit for us to really become happy. As a result, we are relegated to a lifelong chase after more money, more material comforts, and higher social status. They may make you proud, make you want to boast about yourself, but at the end of the day, when you are in bed, and alone with yourself, you won't find any peace at heart. The thirst for money will never be quenched in your life and you'll depart from this life with a parched heart. You talk of loving boldly, Lynette. But who do we love? When everyone is engaged in this fierce rat-race of life, does anyone have the time or interest to slow down a bit to let the gentle breeze of love engulf them? I don't think so.

this is the same reason why i always say life is unfair...people come and people go..some you may see again some you may not forever..we wouldn't know till when we live in this world full of hatred and unfairness..i lost a brother how was 19..he wasn't ill and not having any health problems, his was all emotional..he decided to kill his self on Feb 28 2007..its been a year now over but still the feeling of losing him is the same..i've been through tough times with life and still struggling..who would know, after choosing to live for my family..work hard for them to give the best of the best i could give and tried to be good to others as much as possible..now i am suffering of cancer...see now how life is so unfair..

Hey lynette, Sorry to hear about your colleague's child:( thats really horrible.. but all thoes things you listed about life that child no longer has to deal with any of thoes. hes now in a place were there is nothing but happyness. That is the way i think about it... I agree though with everything you said up there in your discussion. and i to beleive that we should not take things for granted,protect who we can and live for our dreams...

First of all I want to say that I am sorry for your loss, and that you are absolutely right that life is tough but my friend we have to try to live it to its maximum.

Life isn't easy. But it isn't supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be tough and painful and full of traumatic experience at one point or another. Because you cannot fully appreciate life and the gifts it gives you unless you're almost painfully aware of how short and fragile it is. And to be honest I think that only those who know from their own experience that life sucks, can be really, trully happy. Because they will take pleasure in everything they can and will be happy because the sun came up and not because prada released a new line of shoes (though that's kinda a good reason too... sorry. I'm a prada freak)