Posted on 03/18/2010 5:03:38 PM PDT by lawyerchik1
I know I’m not supposed to admit this, but honestly? I am just … tired. I’m tired of struggling, I’m tired of fighting, and I’m tired of swimming against the current all the time.
This reminds me a little of a time in Venezuela when I got caught in a riptide. Part of the reason I’m still swimming now is because I don’t want to drown, but at the same time, there is a part of me that wants to just let go and go with the tide – even if it takes me out to sea.
Any one little thing alone would be doable, but the bunch of them ganging up on me is taking its toll. Like Gulliver in Lilliput, all of the little Lilliputians together seem bent on toppling a giant. If it’s not work, it’s family. If it’s not family, it’s friends. If it’s not friends, it’s co-workers. If it’s not co-workers, it’s what this asinine president and Congress are doing to this country. And, most of all, it’s the feeling that I can’t do a damned thing about any of it.
The encouraging thing right this minute is Winston Churchill: you have to love a man with his brand of “git.” Here are some great quotes – and great motivators:
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
“It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.”
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
And, my personal favorite:
“There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.”
I will close with this: “…we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this [country] or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our [countrymen] … would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.” [Editorial license taken].
In the words of another Englishman: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” [William Shakespeare, King Henry V].
KING. What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
....
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart...
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
I know, it has been frustrating! Keep the faith, we know who wins in the end! :)
Don’t go with the tide.
Keep swimming to win.
Sometimes it hard.
Acknowledge that and keep on going.
Nodding to you in understanding.
Yeah, life’s a constant stream of challenges. I cannot imagine it otherwise. I would be bored without the obstacles and obnoxious human irritants. I have my own little business, as a gunsmith/gunbuilder. It is very challenging (see frustrating), and my job is to rise to the challenge. It is what keeps me going.
In the end, Christ wins.
We might get gnawed by 1000 chihuahuas between now and then, but Jesus wins. The Jews will be saved by their messiah, and the fight will end.
Hold on until then.
I remember the final scene where the Klingon commander, beat and bloody from battle recounted the final battle between the Yangs and the Chins (something like that - I'm not sure about the actual names..it's been several decades now). He told how thousands and thousand had come at them, against their phasers, etc. Many were killed until their phasers simply ran out of power. And, in the end they were beaten....at the closing scene, the flag of the victors was seen by Kirk.......one we all know and love.
What you NEED is some Tea....partying...surround yourself with like thinking people, maybe even a Mob of like thinking pissed off, motivated, Congress hating, anti-dictator, butt kicking Tea Partiers......believe me, there is nothing more motivation than finding out you’re not alone in a Wrestling match, or a fight, that numbers guarantee you’re gonna Win in the end.
And there is gonna be some blood before you come out a winner, and it won’t be your blood.
Take a break, Indulge yourself......a Road Trip to DC to visit the Congress Critters in person is also recommended. It our buildings, and they’re easier to get in than hopping a plane.
Make some History happen, Enjoy yourself...........Primal Scream Therapy works, if you’re SCREAMING at Idiots.
>> there is a part of me that wants to just let go and go with the tide
Facing certain death is humbling experience. Nothing is ever final.
Be not afraid....indeed fear not...yes, there’s a chance that Pelosi can twist enough arms to pass the damn bill..but remember, nothing starts immediately except collecting the taxes..if it passes..especially via being “deemed” as such...then what is going to happen in November, and beyond..will make 1994 look like an afterthought. Obama will succeed, but NOT in transforming America, but rather in transforming the GOP. The party is becomign far more consewrvative, or, if you prefer, conservatives are awakening, and finally taking back the party. The GOP will make significant gains this fall..possibly take one or both Houses of Congress, but it is nothing as to what will happen in 2012, when Obama heads the ballot...NO way he wins again..and take a look at the list of Dem senators up in 2012....many will either retire or go down..and redistricting, which will see 8-10 congressiional seats go from blue states to red states..that’s an added bonus...immediate suggestion..if you feel a little dispirited..which we all do on occasion..go out and attend a rally..demonstrate..make a sign..yell yourself hoarse..you’ll feel better..
The key to getting out of a rip tide is not to swim against it, because it will only tire you out, but to swim parallel to it until you’re out of it, and then head in to shore. Whether or not this is a metaphor for the current situation, I’m not sure.
Churchill also said, “If you are going through Hell ... keep going.”
This is nothing. Read up on Geo Washington 1775-1783.
“This reminds me a little of a time in Venezuela when I got caught in a riptide. Part of the reason I’m still swimming now is because I don’t want to drown, but at the same time, there is a part of me that wants to just let go and go with the tide – even if it takes me out to sea. “
I SO feel your pain, seriously, I do. I think “Why bother anymore” but I can’t stop. I think of those who died to keep strangers free and I can’t FIGHT to keep my CHILDREN free???
So as easy as it would be to just let go, I can’t. I can take a break, but I will not give up.
I consider this fight the most important of my life, to not fight is the possibility those who come after me will not enjoy the most wonderful country with the freedoms I have known. I do get tired and sometimes discouraged but I still say “not on my watch”, freedom will not die because I did nothing to stop it.
There is a saying somewhere that goes something like this:
“the longer, harder, and tougher the battle, the sweeter the victory.” Like a hard come from behind victory in sports. Turning the game the other way at the one yard line.
Oh, sweet victory, where art thou?
We continue the struggle for the lives of the unborn.
How many of them can we make die?
I suspect that you have similar feelings as I, that even though the temptation to just stop, to just quit may seem strong...we do not know how to.
How do we give up on ourselves? How can we live a lie just to placate those who are not free, nor care to be?
So, we can suffer during our weak times, but remember...our strength returns. Glory is like that, it is not a simple walk down a lane, it is often a tortuous winding path that is long and lonely.
God intended for people to live free, with dignity and respect. He gave us free will however, which doesn’t just mean we can live against his desire, but that we can also fight for that true right to live as he would have us.
God Bless you lawyerchik1, bless the days that you feel your strength and diminish your concerns on those days strength is lacking.
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