Life is hard and then you die

[BootinUp]

Yes thats a downer title to a thread. I just wanted to say that the last 3 and 1/2 years were the hardest of my life. Its fucking hard to take when you are supposed to be the bread winner and you lose your job and can't get one that meets your needs. It seems I have another chance to make things right, not sure yet its going to get better, but I am going to try my best.

[Ilsa]

1. It's fucking rough out there.

Hang in there. I hope it gets better for all of you quickly.

[Anansi1171]

2. Me too bootinup! Same story. I wish you very well in your current opportunity...

...please pray for my family in me!

[Squinch]

3. Good luck to you, BootinUp. I hope this new chance works out for you.

I am sorry you have been having such a hard time.

Keep us posted on how it's going.

[Uben]

4. Endeavor to persevere

What else is there? If you give up, you lose. You may lose anyway, but the only way to succeed is to try. I was laid-off twice back in the eighties. My oldest daughter was born the same week I was laid off the first time. My youngest was born the week I was laid off the second time. Bad timing I guess. But, I found new jobs both times in less than a year, so isn't even close to what you are enduring.

I was a gearing machinist. Not many of us around, so they came looking for me, it just took a little time.

I managed to persevere. It got better....slowly. I hope you do too!

[Cryptoad]

5. King Solomon once said ,,,,,,,,

"Again I looked throughout the earth and saw that the swiftest person does not always win the race, nor the strongest man the battle, and that wise men are often poor, and skillful men are not necessarily famous; but it is all by chance, by happening to be at the right place at the right time. A man never knows when he is going to run into bad luck. He is like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a snare."

Ecclesiastes 9: 11-12

[etherealtruth]

6. I am sorry

Life is hard .... and eventually you do die .... but, there is "stuff" in between that makes it all worthwhile

[Moostache]

7. The Boot abides man!

Good luck with a fresh start and second chance...may the winds of change blow gently on your back!

[PatrickforO]

8. I genuinely wish you the very best!

[IrishAyes]

9. My heart goes out to all in financial difficulty; my own working years were not

hand to mouth but rather boom or bust, so where the next dollar was coming from ruled my life back then. Yes, I'm retired now, older and much closer to my expiration date. But even the fact that I have fewer years left to live doesn't change the fact that NOW is the happiest time of my life selfishly speaking because at least I have a measure of safety now. Career Years can be such a head kicker that I don't envy those still involved. Best of luck to you.

[Aldo Leopold]

10. As the great Charles Bukowski used to write,

in closing some of his more meaningful letters to fans and other writers,

"Hold"