The world's really got me down lately...

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I'm with some of the others here and suggest you turn off the news. My wife insists on watching a certain news channel all the time and although I'll watch it with her at times I'll watch other shows for a change. Often that means separate TVs in separate rooms but that just makes for a more peaceful atmosphere too at times.
I'm older now but had to come and accept the fact I'm not able to do much to change the world and do only what I can like support a little boy in Africa. Not much really but may help support an orphanage there and my Church giving also helps some others in small ways. The rest I can't help are no so much in my radar these days as my worrying doesn't help and all I can offer is some prayer.
Also if you have negative friends and coworkers shut them out as possible. They won't do anything but help bring you down. I'm retired now so a lot of that doesn't effect me now but did try and keep such individuals at arms length when I was working.
Good luck and do try and look at the bright side of things.
 
If you were able to study the lives of your ancestors I think you would not have to go far back in family history to find ancestors who survived flood, fire, famine, war, earthquake, pestilence, disease, and so on. Your ancestors survived because they had the "R gene," that is that which gives our species resilience. It appears that individual human beings are not all that hard to kill, usually, but the species seems to be able to survive bad things pretty well. Humans do not evolve very quickly, and I have confidence we all have that Resilience gene, although many would have to dig pretty deep to find it, digging through a lot of baloney piled on by those who benefit from others being dependent.

While the human species is pretty resilient, human societies are less so. History is full of empires, kingdoms, city states, and many other types of organizations that have failed, collapsed and gone away.

Values can persist. Read the Declaration of Independence and think about the values articulated in that document. Think about how those values have impacted the world since 1776. The history of those values stretches far back in history, and I think they will persevere, but only if we are willing to make the sacrifices the Founding Fathers and many American in their footsteps were willing to make.
 
4011 said:
You might try some form of volunteer work. You might get,yourself a good girl friend if you don't have one. Look into your city are county law enforcement department. They might have a reserve program. Get a good taste of that and you'll be out of the house. I've missed it ever since I had to leave because of the back problems. Even the fire department. If your not going to church on. Sunday try going a few and see if you feel better.
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Volunteering is a definite. Ive done it for: The Salvation army, the Food Bank, Alameda Oaks Retirement Home, donated timetowork Haloween booths for a local Church, donated many-a-Saturday afternoon, to cook BBQ for the patients and staff at the now defunct: Charter Hospitol,and ive done it for other places too.
 
Hunter8282 said:
With all that's going on in the world, I've really been in the dumper this week. :(

It's sad that I am 38 and all I can seem to think about is buying more guns and more ammo for coming collapse. Between race riots, ISIS, illegal immigration, our own gov't, and the list goes on and on, I just don't see a light at the end of the tunnel.

What to do. :confused:

Sorry for the vent...
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38...old enough to know better & young enough to enjoy it! No one that knows me would ever say I have a "positive" outlook; most of the time I'm convinced that the light at the end of the tunnel is a train on its way to run me over. But you can't let it get you down. I think some of the best advice I've seen here is to quit watching network news. It is by nature extremely negative. If I had a choice I wouldn't watch it but my Dad is addicted to it so I'm stuck with it at every meal. I'm going to try & wean him off of it but I'm not holding my breath. Oh well. A saying from my youth comes to mind: You got to keep on keeping on! You do the best you can while you're here & that's all you can do...Don't let it get you down!:D:cool::D:cool::D:cool:
 
I forgot one important thing. I wear a tin foil hat most of the time it helps.
 
Just think - one day some people will look back on the 2010 - 2020 time frame as "the good ol'days". Sure gives you a warm feeling, doesn't it.
 
The lamestream media twists everything to make it sound worse than it actually is. They're propagandists. Sort thu the mess & separate the wheat from the chaff. Try to get outside & go sit under a tree somewhere & just vegetate for a couple hours. Take a dog with you. I'm 65 & have seen "the end" peeking over the horizon more than once.
 
I have a good job, great wife, two fine sons, and the greatest dog ever. All of us are healthy, and have more than we need.

I find little reason to be depressed.

I can't change the garbage you've been watching on the news, so I spend little time worrying about it. Have you ever solved anything by worrying?
 
We won't find "fair and balanced" reporting in the television media. That makes it necessary for us to maintain a "healthy skepticism" about every news story. I've found that print news and the Internet sources work best because I can pick and choose what stories I read and pass by the rest. With TV the media decides what you watch and your only alternative is to turn it off. To the extent you can, relax. There's nothing new going on here, it's just the actors have changed.
 
wuluf said:
Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son....
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Richard Simmons quote? Am I right?

Or was it Jerry Seinfeld to 'Newman' in 'Seinfeld'?

hhhhmmmmm.... I know, it was Art Carney to Jackie Gleason in 'The Honeymooners'. yeah, that's it...

:D
 
vigil617 said:
Good advice from a lot of folks with the life experience to back it up, Hunter8282.

When you think about the world as having been a flawed, screwed up place ever since original sin came into it, then somehow it's easier to accept.

We do the best we can while we're here, and there's a better day -- an eternity in fact -- ahead.

Be of good spirit. He is in control. :)
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Yeah, but he ain't showing up down here much, is he?

I say heaven and he** are right here on earth, there's no guarantees thereafter, just try to live a good life and make every day count, if you can.

I don't want to start a discussion, just wanted to air my take on things, just like you did.
 
It's hard to be positive when one focuses on news event. Just try to keep it in perspective- usually none of the really horrible stuff that happens on the news is in my neighborhood. It's news because it's NOT every day life. It's usually an ugly 'slice of life' presented on a limited screen that never tells the full story, even if it's a bad or good one.

So, just remember for the most part the news is the unusual and yes bizarre and out of the ordinary kind of stuff and dwells on the negative. There are many things in life to be grateful. So, just count YOUR blessings and not YOUR troubles.
 
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redlevel said:
I'm 65 years old.
My only regret is that I'm probably so old that
I'll miss all the fun.:D On the other hand,
if the s does indeed htf in the next few years,
it's liable to be old dudes like me who raise a lot
of hell. ;) Not a whole lot to lose.
Can't run and jump around none, but I can
barricade myself on the porch
and burn up some ammo till they smoke me out.
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My, my, that does sound positive, doesn't it!
 
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Find your "zone thing"!!! Something that needs to get done so there's accomplishment, something that doesn't require an over bearing amount of thought, and something that provides an environment that discourages others from bothering you.

One of mine is to get on the riding mower, put a couple beers in the "custom cooler" I rigged up, and focus on the lawn, listen to the mower, and tune out the world.
 
It's not that I think the world is going to end, but I think the good old USA that we have known is going to end. It is sad to think the greatest country in the world is sinking into the socialist norm of all the other countries.
 
David harleyson said:
It's not that I think the world is going to end, but I think the good old USA that we have known is going to end. It is sad to think the greatest country in the world is sinking into the socialist norm of all the other countries.[/

Socialism - 1
: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2
a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3
: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done


What we have in the US is the opposite of socialism what with Citizens United, ALEC, etc.
Corporate influence over government, rather than the other way around is the norm here.
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