Job going out of business, can't even face prospect of "starting over" again. Just don't understand why it never gets easier. Isen't there suppose to be a purpose for everyone?
2007-02-06 09:18:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
OK - ask yourself this question - Can it possibly get any worse?
If the answer is no, then this is as bad as it gets, and any change is going to be for the better. Face it - with the run of bad luck you've had, you're due for something better.
On the other hand, if you answer yes, I can think of ways that my life could get worse - congratulations. Things may be bad, but they could be worse - which means you're not a total failure, and all you have to do is focus on the good stuff.
Look, I don't mean to make light of your situation - we create our own "purpose," if that's important to you. I know lots of happy folks who decided simply to enjoy each day and not worry about a grand plan or a purpose of life. If there is a purpose of life, leave it to Monty Python or the Dalai Lama. Even if my life - if God wants me to do something specific, then He better tell me. Cause otherwise I'm going to keep on trying new things and meeting new people and I'm going to let as much bad stuff slide off me as I possibly can.
There are lots of good people out there who can - and who will - help. Check into some opportunities - could be as simple as volunteering somewhere to help people who are worse off than you. Could be asking for help. Could be just waking up and decided - I've had enough of this shi*t, today is going to be better.
Been down so long that down looks up to me.
Been there myself - but it's not a permanent condition unless you want it to be.
2007-02-06 09:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry to hear about this situation. I was faced with a similar situation, feeling as if everything is lost and no reason to continue with this torment. Well faith in God i understand at this time is hard however he has a plan for us all. He works in mysterious ways. Believe in him and he will help guide you through this tough time. Another thing is that now you must lokk and turn to the people in your life who hold love you and those who left were never worth your time as it is, Have faith buck up and take this situation by the throat and overcome it, we always face tough times reguardless of age. Do what you enjoy your hobbies or something you have always wanted to do. GOOD LUCK!!!
2007-02-06 09:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by kaiser11373@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a change of scenery would help.
I'm afraid some days our purpose is to just wake up, and face the day -- just like people have been doing for the whole time we've been on this planet.
I will say my neighbor has a good line about ending it all -- it's a permanent solution to a temporary situation.
2007-02-06 09:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by L J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on your belief system. Do you have one?
Do you have a passion in life? Is there one thing that really motivates you - music, poetry, movies, social work, religion, etc.? Find something you love and MAKE it your purpose. Instead of wondering why bad things happen TO you, take a proactive approach to life. You never know if we get a second chance, so make the most of your first!
2007-02-06 09:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by lostinne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all at some point need to create our own purpose of continuing. I feel for you, you're in a hard spot, and getting out won't be easy. But I also believe that everyone has the capacity to do it. I believe in you. You need to find something that you like to do and find peace theirin. Good luck.
2007-02-06 09:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by Hans B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I presume you are depressed by the prospect of having no job soon. Depression brings on negative thinking where miserable thoughts like kindred company. The fact that you still have a job tells me you are not really old and are healthy enough to work! Seize on those two facts and run with them!
There is every day on here in philosophy category someone asking what the purpose of life is or what are we here for? So you are not alone in wondering about that. As for it getting easier, those old enough to have to exist in a wheel chair in a nursing home where they are spoon fed have it pretty easy but they don't like it! God (if you accept that Christ was God) said, "No man (or woman) is an island." That indicates to me that our purpose here is interacting with one another in acts and words of love to validate our individual existences.
And that is the point of my reply. Saddness is one of the 6 basic emtions we were born with and it comes on whenever we are dealt a blow, by words or deeds, to our sense of well being. You have been dealt that blow by the thought of having to start over because your job is going out of business. That brought on other negative thoughts. Saddness (or its depressive extreme), I think, was given to us by God to urge us into a change of course. It is to tell us the old method of operating or thinking is not doing us any good.
So it behooves you at God's natural urging to think differently (positively) and I can assure you such thinking in new ways will bring up many new ideas as to new courses of action! I suggest you are not tired because you are old but because you are thinking things are going to be more dificult in a new job but that does not follow. A new job is a NEW OPPORTUNITY to correct the bad points you knew in the old job!
Press on, think positive and triumph!
2007-02-06 14:36:56 · answer #6 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel your pain...but life is not meant to be easy..life is meant to be lived.
Living mean get involved...start with something small.
Anything that break the monotony of life, a small change in your routines.
If you have time to spare...help others...you will not beleive how good that feels and what you gain back when you least except it.
Also by getting involved, you will create a network of people...that breaks the monotony and you may received different ideas.
Dont give up....and you see the changes....
2007-02-06 12:39:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow im feeling the same way you are, it sucks doesnt it, my kids grown and gone, friends have either died or moved away, but the husband part i still have 1 but i wonder why lol.
im sorry your feeling so sad but there is a purpose for everyone, god doesnt make junk.
maybe you could get a pet, or get involved in some hobbies, do you like to read, paint, sew? maybe talk to your friends and see if they can give you some ideas.
please dont give up.
2007-02-06 09:33:37 · answer #8 · answered by SNOW WOLF 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
always trust that when God closes a door, he opens a window..
you have to have friends, they're sometimes better than family!
when things get sooo bad, pray and ask for God's guidance.. praying relieves the pain, it works for me.
.. be strong and believe ..
2007-02-06 09:34:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your life is what you make it. I'm not a spring chicken any more but you do what you have to do. i love my pets and my crafts.
write a book, for yourself, not necessarily to be published, about things that you did in your life.
now is time to have fun with yourself. enjoy it instead of whining about what you don't have be happy for what you do have.
2007-02-06 09:29:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋