Just a thought about unhappiness

[Born_To_Lose]

Sometimes we don’t think, we only act upon our emotions. You love someone to the edge. There’s no use both of us going over the cliff, so I knew without thinking what my job was as a man. We protect our family and above all else, we protect our wife.

When I saw that man holding the pistol my first thought was that we were both going to die. When he stuck that pistol in my wife’s ribs, I knew he wasn’t trying to scare her, he was going to pull the trigger. I called him a few names I won’t repeat and once I had his attention, I stepped in front of my wife as he pulled the trigger. After that, I was unaware what happened. When I woke up in the hospital, I thought I had died. It was quiet and still. I saw Jesus’ face before me. Then I heard a voice. “Oh you’re awake.”

 

[Murrmurr]

You are something special. You're not a cold-hearted person just the rare example of a person who realizes that they are in the charge of their own emotions. People can control their emotions by working on the thoughts that came before the emotions appeared.
I'm inspired by your take charge of your life attitude

After mulling this over, I wonder if I'm like this because I grew up on a farm. You start working soon as you're old enough to understand directions...I mean directions like "Bring me the 3L bucket" and "Go feed the chickens"...and by age 9 you're driving tractors and you know exactly why, and you've got animals depending on you to keep them alive and healthy and productive. And you work 6 1/2 days a week, so there just isn't any time for tantrums and drama and crap.

I think that's probly it.

 

[Murrmurr]

Sometimes we don’t think, we only act upon our emotions. You love someone to the edge. There’s no use both of us going over the cliff, so I knew without thinking what my job was as a man. We protect our family and above all else, we protect our wife.

Honestly, that's more duty than emotions (imo). I have a feeling you'd have made the same move for a woman you didn't even know.

When I saw that man holding the pistol my first thought was that we were both going to die. When he stuck that pistol in my wife’s ribs, I knew he wasn’t trying to scare her, he was going to pull the trigger. I called him a few names I won’t repeat and once I had his attention, I stepped in front of my wife as he pulled the trigger. After that, I was unaware what happened. When I woke up in the hospital, I thought I had died. It was quiet and still. I saw Jesus’ face before me. Then I heard a voice. “Oh you’re awake.”

I've been in a similar situation; I was spending the night at my girlfriend's place when some ex of hers broke in. He had a gun, but so did I, so I didn't hesitate to run out of the bedroom and meet him as he was creeping up the stairs. It was just me in my boxers, so as dark as it was, it was obvious I had a pistol aimed right at him. Fortunately, he had enough intelligence to just run off..no shots fired.

The following Monday, the guys at work teased me by singing Macho Macho Man, and maybe machismo played a part, idk, but I'm sure my girlfriend was thanking God for that, you know?