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But how an employer can fire people this close to Christmas is beyond me... If he have to let people go, he could have waited the few days that are left of this year.
Hi. I can certainly relate to what you've posted about not being as resilient as before. I used to be like a firm shock absorber which could take high measures of pressure and return to shape right away. Now I seem like a worn shock absorber. I think it could be largely temporary, if I can become emotionally as healthy or even healthier than I used to be. I believe I can re-inflate to firmness again. Life stressors are what wear us down. Years of abundant stress has an inevitable negative impact on a human soul.
I am beginning to think the same. I used to be so "hard", and was able to move on quickly, no matter what happened. But as you say, years of stress has an impact.
Here's a little Marilyn Manson funny for you! My daughter was about 3 or 4 when I was into MM, and one day in the car she said "Mom, I want to hear that song The Beautiful Meatballs'". Forever more that's how I sing it in my head.
Oh Jojo! I'm sorry to hear that. I'm curious what you were going to do? I love rain, I forget how it makes others sad and blue. Maybe it'll go away soon!
We go to church on Christmas eve every year. It's a family tradition we have done since I and my sister we were kids. But because of
this weather we may have to skip it. Let's hope for some better weather on Dec 24 a little snowfall would not be so bad either.
I can relate too. Years ago I was extremely laid back. People could talk to me about their problems, and my own seemed to not faze me at all; like they just bounced right off. In reality, I was storing it all away, and now I am pretty much full. My family and my faith help me, but I still have issues sometimes. I talked to a professional for a while, and that helped, but when I started feeling better about things I quit going to see her, now I regret it. Sometimes I feel weak and worthless, other times I feel like the king of the world. Much love to all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I like it too. My wife doesn't.
If you are with loved ones, that's what's important. Much love and wishing you the Merriest of Christmas's.We go to church on Christmas eve every year. It's a family tradition we have done since I and my sister we were kids. But because of
this weather we may have to skip it. Let's hope for some better weather on Dec 24 a little snowfall would not be so bad either.
I don't know if you ever got an answer to your question but the only way to stop dwelling is to forgive them every time the thought returns to you. Yes, the only way to achieve the impossible feat of not thinking of it is to do the more impossible feat of forgiving them.
Or the healing that they've begun. Surgery is like that: you have to be cut first, before you can heal. The great thing is, you don't have to like it for it to work. Cold comfort, I know.
