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godiva0824 63F
2894 posts
2/9/2008 7:59 am
JUST HANG IN THERE!...

So often it seems that life is only made up of things to worry about. Life has many disappointments for all of us ... death, illnesses, betrayals, tragedies, and feelings of worthlessness and despair. Sometimes life can seem so very grim, and so many times we tend to wallow in pools of self-pity.

I would just like to say again ... I believe that our time here on earth gives us the opportunity to grow spiritually. We can experience much personal growth because of all the suffering, worries, and difficulties we have to go through during our mortal lives. It is God's way of fine-tuning us so we become more compassionate, more caring, more loving, and more aware of others' pain. After all, how could we ever dry the tears of others if we had never cried ourselves?
We all find ourselves in the valley of despair sometimes. It may sometimes seem that we are forever worrying, learning lessons, suffering pain, and facing challenges. But we must try to remember that the fertilizer that helps us "grow" is in those valleys, not on the mountain tops.

During the times that we feel scared and confused, we will always end up wiser and we will grow more from the experiences. We will understand more about people and life, become more sensitive, and we'll be able to enjoy life more after we go through the hard times.

We have to experience sadness so that we may better measure joy. Life has a way of balancing the sorrow with the joy, the disappointments with the hope, and the emptiness with the meaning.

SO, JUST HANG IN THERE!


ELZ


essenceofprlove3 64F

2/9/2008 9:09 am

Good morning Dee,

This is what I truly needed today. Thanks. We are gonna see a viewing of a dear friend today. Life is too short for worries, but it happens. We get all tangled up on how to fix it. And all we can do is give it up to God. When we lose all that hope. And friends for comfort. So, i will take your very sound advice and just hang...

God bless you always...


Sulei 66M
8039 posts
2/9/2008 1:19 pm

I am going to say something here... and hope to be understood in the right sense! we tend to blame life, when ever we suffer! we say life is cruel to appear innocent! we blame the cold that causes us sickness, yet we feel sad if we don't get enough rain! we accuse technology for facilitating life for us, which made us so lazy and dependable! human being never stop complaining! simply because this is the nature of manhood! we can't simply accept the fact, that life is so short! we born here just to sit for a quiz! to see who can pass and who would fail! therefore i do believe in the eternity life! otherwise, it is crazy to think that this is the end! God can't be ridiculous to sit us a quiz and leave us without knowing the results! consequently, all we need in this short life, is a bit of faith! some faith and nothing but faith!


ImAllHeartNSoul 62F

2/9/2008 10:40 pm

i believe in what u said DEE, that life has a way of balancing itself out...whether with regards to pain or happiness.

..i always console myself that it is not only I who go through such pain, nor get to be blessed with immense happiness..all creatures here on earth get to have their own share of both..the only difference is when it will be given to us...

thats right my friend...just hang in there...

MARIE


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 2:48 am

    Quoting essenceofprlove3:
    Good morning Dee,

    This is what I truly needed today. Thanks. We are gonna see a viewing of a dear friend today. Life is too short for worries, but it happens. We get all tangled up on how to fix it. And all we can do is give it up to God. When we lose all that hope. And friends for comfort. So, i will take your very sound advice and just hang...

    God bless you always...
Good morning to you Tess! (California time as of this response)..Indeed, life is too short, and the more worried we are, we are even more shortening it. We don't know when it is taken back by our Creator, but whatever time we have here on earth, we should really make the best out of it. Problems are part of life, and tragedies can be a miss or hit kinda thing. Everyday brings new hope,where happiness is just up for grabs, wherein sometimes we take it, and sometimes, we just ignore it. Life is full of miscues, and that is when we err, and feel unhappy in the end.

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 2:54 am

    Quoting Sulei:
    I am going to say something here... and hope to be understood in the right sense! we tend to blame life, when ever we suffer! we say life is cruel to appear innocent! we blame the cold that causes us sickness, yet we feel sad if we don't get enough rain! we accuse technology for facilitating life for us, which made us so lazy and dependable! human being never stop complaining! simply because this is the nature of manhood! we can't simply accept the fact, that life is so short! we born here just to sit for a quiz! to see who can pass and who would fail! therefore i do believe in the eternity life! otherwise, it is crazy to think that this is the end! God can't be ridiculous to sit us a quiz and leave us without knowing the results! consequently, all we need in this short life, is a bit of faith! some faith and nothing but faith!
Hello there Sulei!..Thanks for these thoughts.It is really true that we have the tendency to blame someone or something for any misfortune that happens in our lives. There's got to be some-one/thing
to point our fingers to whenever we don't feel good about too many things. We forget to be thankful for all the other simple gifts that we receive as blessings everyday. We become ungrateful creatures, so focused only to our own needs. The worst feeling anyone can have is being so NEEDY. At times, we just have to HANG LOOSE and HANG IN THERE!...

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 2:59 am

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Dolly, sweetie, but you cannot be wrong in what you just said. Happiness is always there waiting to be appreciated and felt. God did not purposely created life to be miserable. It is only up to us how we deal with it. To me, there is always at least, 2 facets in life. ONe is being happy and one is being sad. IT is our choice. But those emotions tend to take turns each time. We just have to balance ourselves. Indeed, after each rain, rainbow comes to herald the coming of sunshine..Life isn't bad at all. It just gets complicated at times. I always say, if there's a problem, there is always a solution. It's that cause and effect principle.

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 3:19 am

    Quoting ImAllHeartNSoul:
    i believe in what u said DEE, that life has a way of balancing itself out...whether with regards to pain or happiness.

    ..i always console myself that it is not only I who go through such pain, nor get to be blessed with immense happiness..all creatures here on earth get to have their own share of both..the only difference is when it will be given to us...

    thats right my friend...just hang in there...
That is what I think about life too. We just have to look around us, and presto, someone always has something heavier to carry as a load in terms of problems and worries. For this reason, I do believe in the saying that :THE ONLY TRUE HANDICAP IN THIS WORLD IS OUR ATTITUDE. It is how we treat and perceive things. Someone may not be able to have lower extremities, and yet, that person always enjoy the use of the rest of his body. At this point where my left shoulder is giving me a problem, I just have to be thankful that yes, it can be remedied, and I'm better off than someone who has no arms and legs.

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 10:00 pm

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Thanks CAT!..NOw, more than ever, I realized that my plans differ than that of God's..I used to feel bad when my dreams and goals are not met no matter how I tried to pursue them. It is now, that I know, God has other plans for me...And with regards to my petition and other requests, I just have to wait until HE grants them to me in HIS time...So, I'll just hang in there!

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 10:02 pm

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I appreciate your visit and kind words sis..Whatever inspiring words I can share, I do it, because I know that other members of FFF are going through similar circumstances that I went and still go through in my life..We are here to share the lessons that we've learned in this borrowed life...Take care!

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/10/2008 10:03 pm

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Thanks a bunch GEM! We missed you at our bakuran this weekend...See you there!

ELZ


Celia2005 65F

2/14/2008 8:37 am

Just passing by to say Happy Valentines Day !!!

Have a nice day !


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/15/2008 5:10 am

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Thank you so much ROXY!...I love you too, sweetie! Muwah!

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/15/2008 5:12 am

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AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TRISH! YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT PRETTY AND SMILING FACE...NO WONDER SAM IS SO MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU..BELATED HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU TOO!

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/15/2008 5:14 am

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CAT, I keep telling myself, how I wish we didn't have to expect at least simple things from the significant people in our lives, but it is our human nature to do so..No one is exactly willing only to GIVE for the rest of their lives, there's got to be something in return...and more than likely, it is LOVE.

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/15/2008 5:15 am

    Quoting Celia2005:
    Just passing by to say Happy Valentines Day !!!
Happy Valentine's Day to you too, Inday Celia! Good to see you here again..Kisses for you, dearie!

ELZ


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/15/2008 5:16 am

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Gem, I wrote you an email and YM offline messages. Belated HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU TOO!

ELZ


dunlop3764

2/16/2008 5:27 am

To my Happy VALLEY PEOPLE Family (& To Whom it May Concern) !!! ... I'm SORRY if I let you down !!! forever


Be swift 2LOVE make haste 2B kind
DUnLop


godiva0824 63F
3469 posts
2/16/2008 5:44 pm

Don't worry MOD, I am sure, she understands by now...Life goes on. We just have to hang in there!

ELZ


Tracie 65F
1841 posts
3/2/2008 2:04 pm

    Quoting dunlop3764:
    To my Happy VALLEY PEOPLE Family (& To Whom it May Concern) !!! ... I'm SORRY if I let you down !!! forever
Love means you never have to say yoou're sorry!
You're MY no. forever


If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!