For those who have been through tough times?!
Question: Such as depression, tragedy, or just a hard life as a whole, what was it (or what is it) that makes you look back and say it was worthing sticking it out and overcoming your obstacles? In other words, what makes you look back and say your glad you didn't just take the "easy way out"?
Answers: Such as depression, tragedy, or just a hard life as a whole, what was it (or what is it) that makes you look back and say it was worthing sticking it out and overcoming your obstacles? In other words, what makes you look back and say your glad you didn't just take the "easy way out"?
the good times, kids, family, friends, people you effect. this is always the thing I say I am glad I didn't take the easy way out. sometimes we feel alone and we think I am not going to feel that way about my family, or my friends, or my kids. whatever, but everyone on this earth has a purpose. you have to find yours. start with what your interests are, and then develop your talents and then do what ever it takes to share it with others to help them, this is the only way to develop self love, self confidence, self worth. when you develop this, you then can learn to love life. easier said then done huh?. it takes so much work, but I promise what you have to offer is alot. and if you put this into action one day you will agree. no one can give this to you, no one can make you appreciate life, you are the only one that can give that to yourself. it takes strength you didn't know you had, and endurance. also include god.
The only thing that has kept me alive all these years was my daughter........that's it.
The joy of where I am today. That is what makes me look back at the bumps in the road and sooooo appreciate now. Basically, when you've reached a goal that you set for yourself. Then you just make a new one to reach for.
It all makes you stronger and a better person. Life is good.
Nothing.Its just the fact that I wont blinking give up that easily..and let them grind me down.Im stubborn, thats all.
after a house fire i felt everything was lost which was true but i still had family. waiting for my house to be rebuilt and to buy my things back i wanted to die. I am bipolar so these werent just lame things but it made me feel great when i brought my oldest cat home and he stretched out on my bed with me. he couldnt of done that if i was gone and he looked so happy
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Life is what makes me look back and and be thankful i stuck it out! Just a year ago, i never thought i would be here. I love life now.
I guess I just always figure...there's gotta be some reason all this has happened/is happening...I must be getting prepped for something outstanding..I love that line in the Savage Garden song - I believe you can't appreciate real love til you've been burned...I'd like to think all the crap we go through will make whatever comes out on the other end a hell of a lot better...think about how you can be such a good resource for someone who is in the same position you were 5 yrs ago? I try to maintain the belief that you will never be given anything you can't handle..and think about it - even at those times we thought we couldn't handle something - we handled it, right!? I just hope I can be there for someone who could benefit from my experience. Yes I'd like to believe my struggles will someday lead me to a husband and kids and that is probably a motivator...but I'll stick with the stuff I have a little more control over and do what I can to make myself happier.. :-)
I had some severe health issues happen a few years back... my husband got very sick and was hospitalized, my Mom had emergency surgery and I didn't know if she would make it, my Grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, my son was diagnosed with a heart mumur and I had some severe rectal bleeding.. this all happened in a 4 month period.
I ended up with PTSD and severe panic attacks... it was AWFUL. I couldn't work and was scared that I was going crazy.
My marriage was also on the rocks...
So, I started looking for something, anything to help me. My Husband and I started attending a local Christian Church. I learned that I was not alone and met some amazing friends who supported me and who have always been there for me.
During the last 2 years my twin sons have had a combined 7 surgeries (4 with complications). My Church "family" has been my strength and they have taught me to lean on God and to "cast all my anxietios on him".
It is now 3 years later since it all started and my marriage is stronger then it has ever been. My Mom just got married and my sons are OK. My Grandmother is also still with me and cancer free.
My boys got me through it, when I wanted to give up I just looked at their little precious faces and knew that they needed me.
It hasn't been easy and I still suffer from panic attacks. I now know that I have so much love and support. I look at life as a gift and I appreciate life more then I ever did.
I see all these hard times as times that made me a stronger better person. I used to be a bi**h and not very nice to people. Now I am the first one to lend a hand or anything that is needed.
I see myself as a good person and not the one that I used to be.
It has been HARD and I still have hard times but I look at them differernt and I know that God is with me to help.
I believe that the outlook that you have on life is what determines how your life is. Look at the glass as 1/2 full.. I look back and know that I wouldn't be where I am today without the hard times.
At night my 6 yr old boys pray and ask God to help poor people and they pray for all the people that need God's help. They tell me that I am beautiful and precious. I look at them and I know that it is ALL worth it.
EDIT----- I CANNOT believe that someone gave me a "thumbs down" for answering a question that really has no "right" answer. It is a personal answer... Jeez....
The year 2007 was a hard year for my family. hours at work got cut, medical problems death in the family and friends and haveing to file bankruptcy.. I guess what kept me going was my family but also God. I knew he was there by my side guiding the way.
My best friend. It sounds sappy and completely unoriginal but she comes from a pretty crappy household (mom's a drug addict, her latest boyfriend was an ex convict alcoholic, lived in a crappy apartment with bro and sis) and she once told me that the reason she didn't get involved in sex or drugs even tho she's been in situations where it could've happened, she didn't do it because she knew i'd be disappointed in her. (we live in different towns so i only see her on the weekend btw) so when i wanted to 'take the easy way out' i thought of what she would do if i wasn't there to make sure she didn't do anything stupid.
yes, i have had a lot of bad things happen to me. so i write out my feelings in songs and poems. i listen to lauryn hill, amy winehouse's cd back to black, and shiny toy guns...i also listen to destiny's child cd survivor, and bobby brown's my prerogative. i also sing, draw, paint, sew, design outfits/accessories, and i sleep a lot. i had to talk care of myself many years of my life, and i walked alone. i had no one through all my attempts to end my life. so i understand where your coming from. i had a mental breakdown the other day, you should look at some of my questions, from this past week, they are similar to yours.
Well I am still overcoming some obstacles and putting my life back together after a few difficult years. What keeps me going is hope. I look forward to a better future and trying to built a better life for myself.
love and saport from my family is all i need