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January 2009 
When is it too much?
Posted on Aug 21st, 2006
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jdp
jdp
Have you ever endured something, hoping, waiting for something to change? Tired of enduring done what you could to MAKE change happen? Only to finally arrive at a seemingly hopeless point when everything in you screams "Its TOO much!"?
I seem to be battling "Too Much" lately.
I offered an alternative view in another pod in a similarly lamenting post, "don't give up", "keep thinking positively", "keep doing what you are doing".
But seeing this just finally made me feel "Its too much, I'm just done":
http://pods.zaadz.com/pax/discussions/view/47000
The Iraq War longer than WWII. I have a new respect (not that I didn't have respect for them before) for those enduring those days of WWII but also sort of pine for a day when things were clearer, when people only wanted to do good and stop the bad.
I've been on both sides of this. Friendly with the families of our soldiers and sympathizing. Sympathizing with those struggling against the war. Feeling for the people this touches physically, really, every day.
I'm just so overwhelmed with hoping and praying for understanding and resolution. I don't even care what took us there. I don't care about them vs. us. I want someone to just grab both sides and shake them and plead with them - PLEASE STOP, PLEASE TALK, PLEASE LISTEN.
My rational mind can't handle this anymore. There is no more forgiving mistakes, trying to understand, questioning, learning, supporting or not, avoiding being judgemental.
I want to step in the middle and say "Stop hurting each other! Tell me! Make me understand and I WILL FIND A BETTER WAY. There has to be a better way. All this energy on destruction. Think what you could do if you were that energetic about BUILDING something instead of destroying! TELL ME."
Stick a fork in me.
I'm done.
Well, at least for today ....
I seem to be battling "Too Much" lately.
I offered an alternative view in another pod in a similarly lamenting post, "don't give up", "keep thinking positively", "keep doing what you are doing".
But seeing this just finally made me feel "Its too much, I'm just done":
http://pods.zaadz.com/pax/discussions/view/47000
The Iraq War longer than WWII. I have a new respect (not that I didn't have respect for them before) for those enduring those days of WWII but also sort of pine for a day when things were clearer, when people only wanted to do good and stop the bad.
I've been on both sides of this. Friendly with the families of our soldiers and sympathizing. Sympathizing with those struggling against the war. Feeling for the people this touches physically, really, every day.
I'm just so overwhelmed with hoping and praying for understanding and resolution. I don't even care what took us there. I don't care about them vs. us. I want someone to just grab both sides and shake them and plead with them - PLEASE STOP, PLEASE TALK, PLEASE LISTEN.
My rational mind can't handle this anymore. There is no more forgiving mistakes, trying to understand, questioning, learning, supporting or not, avoiding being judgemental.
I want to step in the middle and say "Stop hurting each other! Tell me! Make me understand and I WILL FIND A BETTER WAY. There has to be a better way. All this energy on destruction. Think what you could do if you were that energetic about BUILDING something instead of destroying! TELL ME."
Stick a fork in me.
I'm done.
Well, at least for today ....
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Yeah I know how you feel - I count the days till this evil president is gone but Im sure his succeser wont be much better…..We can only live the best lives we can live and do the best we can do and hope that by living this way we inspire others to awant to live like us, I think.
I live by this -
“Weakness prevails over strength. Gentleness conquers. Become the calm and restful breeze that tames the violent sea.”
You Darci - of all the people I have met at zaadz have the compassionate spirt that can tame the violent sea.
L8r
mike
Hey jdp…
I am so torn with wanting to feel safe in my own country and also mourning for those in Iraq…the innocent ones who are having to bare the brunt of this battle.
So many people with opinions….some saying it is necessary to keep us from being attacked again…and some saying that we would have never been attacked in the first place if our gov would have done this or that.
I really don't know what to think anymore. What I do know is that I am very nervous about voting again. The last vote was my first vote and I was so proud that I had finally excercised my right. Now I understand that excercising that right can be just as dangerous as not voting. Who do you vote for when you do not like any of the candidates?
Heidi