03-11-2019, 09:48 AM
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Have I enjoyed my life..?I suppose we don’t get a choice do we? no one is asked to be born, so we have to deal with what life throws at us, I suppose we enjoy the good times and not so much the bad times, having said that I suppose I have mostly enjoyed it so far, meeting my soulmate, having our son, all highlights, I guess life is like a book, we write the chapters and when that chapter is done, we move to the next one, I just hope there are a few more chapters left before the final one...
03-11-2019, 11:21 AM
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It's been lonely for me even though I am used to being alone it's hard. I never had family after the age of 16 so I dont have a support system to help in any way . I do have friends but they have their own lifes and are busy.I feel it deeply knowing my friends have family close by visiting . The feeling of lonely has been in me since a child . I've always kept busy and being kind and helpful if needed but made many wrong turnings .
The last 15 years has been hard but I'm more settled into myself and have acceptance it is what it is .
Sadly the answer is no
15-11-2019, 11:08 AM
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Seen a lot of things, travelled the world, have a big family (all local), wouldn't change much.But miss my wife very much!
Just had two letters.
One saying my Winter Fuel allowance is coming, the other tells me where I'm going when I get re-incarnated.
Apparently, I've been unkind to rats & mice, so I'm to come back as a Rat!
15-11-2019, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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I think life is what you make it. If you dwell on things then you can’t move forward. It’s best never to look back, it’s happened, it’s gone. There is nothing you can do about it.
If we must look back, wouldn't it be nice if we tried to look back on the good times, the loving, happy memories, rather than the bleak side.
I agree with Art, learn from the past, but move on.
15-11-2019, 10:32 PM
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I feel life has treated me very well, almost too well, even my divorces have ended well (one cost me a property but 'things' are not a priority in my life).Looking back I cannot remember bad times, only the good ones - even joyous moments like the day I walked out of school for the very last time, walking out of Sydney Airport and realising I was "home", watching my first child born to name just three.
Even when I was a single parent, working 24 hour shift and bringing up three kids life was hectic but so much fun.
Perhaps there are things I would have liked to have done and won't but what would I have been prepared to give up to have been able to do them?
Life has been great, everything has been interesting.
On the down side I really don't understand, boredom, depression or neurosis as I have never experienced them - I would make an awful counsellor. But there you go.
15-11-2019, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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I feel life has treated me very well, almost too well, even my divorces have ended well (one cost me a property but 'things' are not a priority in my life).Looking back I cannot remember bad times, only the good ones - even joyous moments like the day I walked out of school for the very last time, walking out of Sydney Airport and realising I was "home", watching my first child born to name just three.
Even when I was a single parent, working 24 hour shift and bringing up three kids life was hectic but so much fun.
Perhaps there are things I would have liked to have done and won't but what would I have been prepared to give up to have been able to do them?
Life has been great, everything has been interesting.
On the down side I really don't understand, boredom, depression or neurosis as I have never experienced them - I would make an awful counsellor. But there you go.
You are very fortunate to not have suffered depression, especially as you have been through divorce which is usually quite traumatic and a bit like a bereavement. Apparently you have what they call 'resilience' in the psychiatric trade I just read. I would call that a blessing.
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