The worst thing in life?

feywon said:
Yes...while I've been thru some tough things, always was aware that most everyone suffers in the course of life. It is how we deal the experiences, who we become in spite or perhaps because of what we go through that matters.
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I believe this too Feywon.. and I know everyone deals with tragedies and horrors in life different ways.. but as you say.. it's how we deal with these things when they come along.. we may bend.. but if we don't break we'll be even stronger when we straighten up again..
 

hollydolly said:
I could go on with plenty more..... but I just want to point out that many of us have horrific and heartbreaking things actually happen to us.. but we don't necessarily want to dwell on them..
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I'm impressed, you seem to have come through it all as a good person.

Compared to you I have lead a pretty sheltered existence.
 
There are two theories of existence, Evolutionism and Creationism. It is absolutely scientifically and medically impossible for a human being to evolve simply by the passage of time, organism acting upon organism until a human is developed. How can such form eyes, a heart, and especially a Brain! Someone explain to me the process of the assembly of a human by evolution?
 

Alligatorob said:
I'm impressed, you seem to have come through it all as a good person.

Compared to you I have lead a pretty sheltered existence.
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I would swap in a heartbeat for your life.. but I'm sure you wouldn't have been offering :D..In all seriousness, I've only touched on a fraction of what's gone on in my life.. I sometimes wonder if when we're exposed to terrible things right from the outset, and it continues throughout life.. if we grow some kind of extra strength.. It's just a supposition.. I mean every time something bad happens to me.. it's devastating and it takes time to recover , but I pick myself up dust myself off, and carry on ..living.... I always wonder what other choice do I have ?..there's always someone who needs me to be here..

I have noticed tho' those who haven't met so many challenges in life, are far more likely to breakdown completely and find it much more difficult to recover when something...like a devastating loss for example ..in their lives occurs..
 
hollydolly said:
I would swap in a heartbeat for your life..
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Don't be so sure.

You have developed some valuable inner strengths, that is worth a lot. And as I said despite the hard times you seem to have come through it as a good person. Only can judge you by your posts, but you are obviously intelligent, thoughtful, and appear well founded. Not everybody turns out so well. Even those of us with far less misfortune.
 
ohioboy said:
It is absolutely scientifically and medically impossible for a human being to evolve simply by the passage of time, organism acting upon organism until a human is developed. How can such form eyes, a heart, and especially a Brain! Someone explain to me the process of the assembly of a human by evolution?
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It's not, but explaining it goes far beyond what can be posted here. Years of study is what it often takes.

Life on earth has been evolving for about four billion (4,000,000,000) years, in our lifetime we are lucky to see only 0.0000025% of that time, and humans have only been around for less than 0.1% of that time. Numbers like that make it very hard to understand. Evolution is mostly millions of slow changes happening over a very long time, that can lead to some pretty amazing things, like us.

I believe objectively viewed most all scientific evidence supports evolution. However I also understand that evolution is counter to some folks religious beliefs. I would not want to try and change that, I can respect it even if I don't share them.
 
The worst thing for me in life would be losing my husband of 30+ years. Even though he is 8 years younger and only 56, I still worry. One of my good friends just lost her partner, who was 58 y/o and was a health nut, to renal cancer. Even though we are very independent, my husband has always been a calming presence in my life.

I also fear going through the final stages of dying, since I saw how much pain and discomfort my mother was in when she passed last November.
 
The worst thing would be watching my husband suffer and die. Even worse than that would be if I had Alzheimer's and couldn't be there to comfort him because I wouldn't know who I was, who he was, where I was, etc.

My life in the past hasn't been very bad like some other folks here, most was losing beloved family members.
 
I replied earlier that I know way too many people who have lost their children. Among them is my son and (then future) DIL who lost their first born in 1987. He was full term but still born and the spitting image of my son (I have his picture). I was so excited to get to the hospital and meet my new grandchild. After being in the waiting room a while, my DIL's mother and I got the terrible news. I was stunned and hurt so much for them compounded by the feeling of helplessness. There wasn't much I could do to ease their grief.

Sadly, her twin lost two of her children...one was her 6 month old son who had so many issues that he never got to go home from the hospital. A little over 3 years ago, her oldest son went in for weight loss surgery, against his mother's wishes. His BP tanked while he was in the recovery room and he died. My DIL wasn't quite the same after that. I actually think his mother handled it better than my DIL. Now she and her twin can be with their children and other loved ones who had predeceased them.

Another devastating loss for me was my beloved cousin Ronnie. We were more like brother and sister. He was 3 months older than me. Ronnie drowned when he was 26. I remember that horrible day like it was yesterday. My mother came over to tell me but she was afraid to because she knew it would kill me. I still think of him often and miss him so much.

My Honorary Daughter said jokingly during one of my "after I'm gone" preparation talks and probably meant it as a compliment ...that I would outlive everybody. Now I can't think of anything worse than that. I told her please don't wish that on me!
 
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Dear friends, I didn't mean for this thread to turn into a list of all the terrible things we've been through unless it helps you to say it and get it off your chest. I was thinking in broader terms of the worst thing in life, like homelessness which someone mentioned.

When I was a kid I was very happy go lucky until my parents sent me to Catholic school where the nuns taught us the guardian angel prayer : Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the lord my soul to keep. If I should DIE before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take.

I was SIX! This terrified me. No one in my family had died yet, even my great grandmother was alive and kicking so I was frantic with fear about sudden death and this prayer created so many phobias in me, the dark, going to sleep, the unknown, I couldn't and didn't relax or feel in control of anything anymore until puberty. It was a real loss of innocence, and bliss. :( It was also unnecessary.
 
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feywon said:
This is where my chronic Post Nasal Drip in teens has saved me---i always have at least 1 'Facial tissue' in a pocket, often 2 or more. And travel size pack in my purse. ;)
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I don't poop in public restrooms, except one time when I just couldn't hold it. I was doing a marketing research study for Glaxo-Smith-Klein where my study buddies and I would be all day sometimes, as if we were on a job. I used the restroom on the upper floor (not where the studies were conducted). It was very clean, well stocked and not frequented much. I always line the seats with TP. In the off chance there was no TP I always carry a mini roll of TP with me as well as my vanilla Ozium, an instant odor buster. Those cute little mini TP rolls can be bought at Walmart or Harmons. @Mr. Ed
 

The worst thing in life?​


When I'm in an infernal hurry tying my shoelaces and the stupid lace snaps...... Oh, the confusion, oh the blooming anger, and to top it all, I don't have a spare left shoelace. šŸ˜Š
 
For me, it is physical pain and betrayal by someone I love.

Death, I can't do anything about, except to make sure that my wishes will be honored before I actually croak.
 
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Worse thing in my life was forced Christianity and church as the major component of childhood and family life. I've held a grudge of hatred against my father for most of my life. Who would have known I would find peace by simply stop believing in the Bible and Christianity? Coming to terms with a lifestyle of oppression and guilt I exceeded expectations of the freedom that should have been mine from the beginning.
The worst thing about my life is, not enough time.
 
chic said:
This will vary from person to person but I think the worst thing in life in knowing we are going to die. :eek: The second worst thing is learning there is no Santa. :confused: The saving grace is knowing others love you enough to pretend with you.

What is your take on the worst thing in life? What is it for you.
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Wasted life, wasted time. I can die easily bc that terrifies me. I know I lived a relevant life.
 
Chic said, " The second worst thing is learning there is no Santa." I'm not sure that's the worst thing in my life. Yet, when you're a kid and you realize that everyone has been lying to you?????? It raises the logical question, what else have you been lying about?
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Chic said, " The second worst thing is learning there is no Santa." I'm not sure that's the worst thing in my life. Yet, when you're a kid and you realize that everyone has been lying to you?????? It raises the logical question, what else have you been lying about?
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Somehow that didn't bother me. When a classmate informed me there was no Santa, I just kind of shrugged it off.
 

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