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Man... Life is Good
Topic Started: Jan 18 2010, 02:24 PM (119 Views)
TSL
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I was sitting at the Auto Shop today lookin up at the sky and reflecting on my life and how blessed I am.

This all started when I first came into the shop. I have a good relationship with the brothas that work there. (And Brotha is not slang for black. Just a term for dudes :lol: Many of these kats are actually Indian or Palestinian) They put my car at the top of the list so I could get in and out. I really appreciated that.

Then as I waited outside on the bench, I got to thinking about how good I have it. I have a beautiful wife, two beautiful kids. A good place to live and a good amount of people around us that we all love.

Then I reflected further. 6yrs ago today (matter fact I think exactly today) I was getting on a plane to go fight in the war. It made me think about what I saw there. The poverty... families willing to sell their daughter's soul and self respect for a measly $2... Kids walking the city with no shoes having to sell liquor and weed to eat. etc.

Then I thought how nice it is to be home. To no longer have to dodge bullets, artillery and RPGs. I thought about God's protection that I prayed for daily with my men that I was in charge of. How blessed we were to all come home alive and that I didn't have to explain to any mothers or wives why their husbands or sons were no longer with us.

Then about my brothers who were not so fortunate. Esau, RIP. My man J and Owens who made it home, but not without being shot.

And here I am. My biggest gripe is about how a Role Playing Game limited my enjoyment. WOW. Puts things in perspective.

Man... Life is Good!!!
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TSL's Auto Shop Revelations... Priemiers Thursday at 5 only on TMP.

I guess in comparison to those overseas, my life is amazing, but I'm still a very unhappy dude as of late.
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squid5580
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So is that what inspired that sappy thread? I thought it was because you had forgotten you have a penis :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Sure, life is good enough I suppose. My only issue is that I know it could be so much better, for everyone, if only enough people cared.
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Christ, you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers!

Life is what it is. You gotta deal with bullshit all the time, but all of us at some point or another feel the same thing B did today... where you realize how great you have it in life... even though many small things bother us, piss us off, get in the way, it's days like that where you appreciate everything you have and just think hard about everything and you feel great.

All I did was ramble, but I know how he feels and don't really know how to describe it.
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blitz ace
Jan 18 2010, 06:38 PM
Christ, you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers!

Life is what it is. You gotta deal with bullshit all the time, but all of us at some point or another feel the same thing B did today... where you realize how great you have it in life... even though many small things bother us, piss us off, get in the way, it's days like that where you appreciate everything you have and just think hard about everything and you feel great.

All I did was ramble, but I know how he feels and don't really know how to describe it.
:lol:

Mini Blitz freak out. By saying you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers, you actually only mean two of us. :lol:
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Ragnarok
Jan 18 2010, 07:12 PM
blitz ace
Jan 18 2010, 06:38 PM
Christ, you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers!

Life is what it is. You gotta deal with bullshit all the time, but all of us at some point or another feel the same thing B did today... where you realize how great you have it in life... even though many small things bother us, piss us off, get in the way, it's days like that where you appreciate everything you have and just think hard about everything and you feel great.

All I did was ramble, but I know how he feels and don't really know how to describe it.
:lol:

Mini Blitz freak out. By saying you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers, you actually only mean two of us. :lol:
Excuse me sir.... 3. You did your math wrong!
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If Sarah could get a good job and the funds to float us so I could go through to get my PhD things would be absolutely gold. It's the one thing missing from my life. Everything else is spot on bar the job situation. I've got it pretty good right now; there's very little else missing from my life. Except maybe more comics. :lol:
Edited by nate, Jan 18 2010, 08:10 PM.
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nate
Jan 18 2010, 08:09 PM
If Sarah could get a good job and the funds to float us so I could go through to get my PhD things would be absolutely gold. It's the one thing missing from my life. Everything else is spot on bar the job situation. I've got it pretty good right now; there's very little else missing from my life. Except maybe more comics. :lol:
It's sad when money is the only thing holding back your happiness. It's such a necessity that it's disappointing how reliant we have to truly be on it in order to be at a point in life where we can be completely pleased.

Life is what it is, but I'm too inherently optimistic to say it's bad. I sometimes wish I were wired to be less optimistic about things, but I can definitely ham up the pessimism if I have to. At the end of the day, I always find something to get me to sleep at night. I mean, I overspent on Christmas and I'm still digging myself out of that, and I have $32 to my name until the 28th with a phone bill and a car payment due AND less hours at work, but I still can't be upset about it. I mean, it is what it is, can't do anything about it, so no sense in worrying. :D AT&T will understand that I can only pay $32 on my phone bill until the 28th...car people, eh...maybe not so much, haha.
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nate
Jan 18 2010, 08:09 PM
If Sarah could get a good job and the funds to float us so I could go through to get my PhD things would be absolutely gold. It's the one thing missing from my life. Everything else is spot on bar the job situation. I've got it pretty good right now; there's very little else missing from my life. Except maybe more comics. :lol:
Oh dude. When Myko get's her Law Practice going.... I'm for REAL gonna go drive a school bus and play videogames for a living. :lol: I've already accomplished more at a young age than most do their whole lives.... I don't need no ambition. :lol:
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nate
Jan 18 2010, 08:09 PM
If Sarah could get a good job and the funds to float us so I could go through to get my PhD things would be absolutely gold. It's the one thing missing from my life. Everything else is spot on bar the job situation. I've got it pretty good right now; there's very little else missing from my life. Except maybe more comics. :lol:
I know I'm the youngling giving the Jedi Master advice here, but have you looked into universities that could pssibly offer you a GA/RA/TA position? I know most of them offer tuition remission with those kinds of positions, and some even offer stipends as well. That's what I'm planning on doing, assuming I can land one of those spots (Research Assistant would be ideal).

But since we're all sharing feelings of happiness and negativity, I'll drop some happiness on ya'll too. Honestly, a couple things aside, I couldn't be happier. I've got a great group of friends here at school and back home that I'd do anything for. I'm actually planning on going in on an apartment over the summer with some of them, meaning it'll be the first time I've lived away from home and wasn't at school. Speaking of home, my mom and stepdad are slowly realizing that they can't keep the leash on forever, and I think my 21st was the breaking point there. Things used to be kind of touchy between us for a while, but now that I don't see them a lot because of school and work I appreciated the time that I do get to spend with them. I'm also really excited to be able to see my little sister go through high school. We've gotten a lot tighter since I went off to college and she started HS, and we can talk to each other about anything now (the 5 year gap hindered that kind of thing for a while). Financially, I'm shaky but stable. I'm getting by without any major worries, but I could stand to have more in the bank to fall back on should I need it.

I guess the only part of my life I'm unsatisfied with is the romantic aspect. I know there are options out there for me, but they aren't the options I want. I always get hung up on a single girl at a time, and a lot of times it winds up being a hopeless situation I get myself into. Plus, seeing several of my friends proposing (I'm actually going to be a Groomsman for one of my friend's weddings coming up at some point in time) kinda dampens things a bit as well. But like I said, this is something tiny in the big scheme of things right now.
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Yeah, I'm kind of set on pursuing the UVA doctoral program which offers RA positions first year and TA the following ones (and according to them, basically anyone who wants one gets one). It's simultaneously easier and harder to pull this sort of thing off married. I'm getting pretty close to set on trying to get into the Fall 2011 class. Then, I'll graduate older, in debt (which I'm currently not) and STILL have no job prospects with a focus on Political Theory. :lol:
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Jan 18 2010, 06:38 PM
Christ, you guys are all negative nancies and debbie downers!

Life is what it is. You gotta deal with bullshit all the time, but all of us at some point or another feel the same thing B did today... where you realize how great you have it in life... even though many small things bother us, piss us off, get in the way, it's days like that where you appreciate everything you have and just think hard about everything and you feel great.

All I did was ramble, but I know how he feels and don't really know how to describe it.
Hey I didn't get to weigh in here. My life went from terrible over X-Mas to a streak of good luck that I have never experienced before. Other than today was needle day for someone life has been great.
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I didn't mean to be so negative earlier. I am happy enough right now, but as I'll finally be climbing out of debt in a big way starting at the end of this week (my final car payment) things can only get better from here, I hope. I realize that I have it so much “better” than many people in the world, yet it is difficult for me to accept anything as actually being good, because I am just so jaded.

On the one hand, I'm jealous of people who go about their lives thinking everything is swell. I used to try to be like this, but not anymore. On the other hand, I think that these people are part of the problem, because everything is certainly not swell. Oh, things might be ok for them, but these people aren't thinking about anybody else. These people aren't thinking about the big picture, of how much better things could be, how much better things should be.

It is said that ignorance is bliss. Well, I don't want any part of that. Sure things are good, but I want them to be great!
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Guys I was only busting..

squid - Glad you got some much needed luck!

TFM - Gotta break it to you, no matter what - it is what it is. Unless each of us run the country, nobody will be happy with the way it is except for those who really believe everything is great, and those with power and money. Many things could be better, but do you think YOU can change it... by yourself!? I mean, not to sound like a dick (really not trying to be) but even with the problems we have, they won't be fixed or go away any time soon. Go about your life and try to enjoy it as much as you can, while doing anything you can to help things go in a positive direction. We're not here long in the big picture, so think about it that way.
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