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Why is it so hard?

Yep Your right,Just going through some tough times right now.wish I could create happiness for a certain person god knows Ive tried!!!
 
GREGORY J HALL said:
Yep Your right,Just going through some tough times right now.wish I could create happiness for a certain person god knows Ive tried!!!
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You can't create happiness for the person, they have to create it for themselves. You can just accompany them on their journey to happiness, and make it more pleasurable for them.

Hope things turn out for the better for you though! :)
 
Nick Diamonds dont work. You give somebody your soul & materially everything that should keep them happy spoil them & they drift away anyway.
 
GREGORY J HALL said:
Nick Diamonds dont work. You give somebody your soul & materially everything that should keep them happy spoil them & they drift away anyway.
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I'm sorry Greg. I think that was a bad joke that may have been "too soon." You know the saying, "if you love something, set it free..." I hope it works out.

Best of luck.
 
I remembered this article that I had come across some time ago. I hope it helps in some small way.

A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

© BRIAN ANDREW "DREW" CHALKER

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong -doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

© BRIAN ANDREW "DREW" CHALKER
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Paraphrased>>>>>>

My Hope for you:
May today there be peace within you.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of hope.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing that you are a child of the Universe.
Let peace settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, and to bask in the sun.
It is there for each and every one of you.
 
GREGORY J HALL said:
To be happy sometimes?
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your not alone, not that thats any real help to the way your feeling... i too have been going thru probably the most difficult time of my life what with losing the best job i ever had in 2007 followed by having a heart attack in aug 09 and then breaking up with the love of my life of 15 years in jul 10. the ups and downs are like a bad rollercoaster ride that you just cant seem to get off. somedays life doesnt seem so bad and others you wish it would just all be over. im still struggling with finding i reason to want to continue and if i had known when i was laying there having my attack what i know now i probably never would have called my girlfriend to come get me. the funny thing is, what was going thru my mind the most as i was contemplating what to do was what was going to happen to my snakes if i died lol

may sound strange but i had been away from this forum for a few years and coming back and seeing all the beautiful ball pythons that people have breed and posted pics of is helping me in some small way in wanting to try to get back on my feet and keep going, and i hope you are able to find that insperation somewhere if not here. good luck greg!
 
talking helps I know Im not the only one vended at my local show & found out a friend sold his large collection & is out because of a nasty divorce very sad,what happens when ur life gets turned upside down! I sold as much as I could & then wholesaled the rest off my 2010s.Thanks for the support nice to know people are there even if they are strangers.
 
GREGORY J HALL said:
talking helps I know Im not the only one vended at my local show & found out a friend sold his large collection & is out because of a nasty divorce very sad,what happens when ur life gets turned upside down! I sold as much as I could & then wholesaled the rest off my 2010s.Thanks for the support nice to know people are there even if they are strangers.
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I'm sorry, Greg. Stick around, things can go no where but up from this point?
 
It's been my experience that you can't go over or under a bad time, you got to face it and deal with it and go through it, and mourn for what was. After you do that, it seems like after some time passes, you can once again build a future. My heartfelt wishes are that you find happiness again soon.
 
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