Comment: bless your heart--

In post: Portraits of a Quiet Depression

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bless your heart--

Submitted by 1988vote on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 11:46. Permalink

this is GOOD to read--

we had more 12 years ago, much more, but our lives were pretty stress-free, except for the problems we had raising children, which are ever-present to everyone with children . . . :)

and we worked hard to keep our quality of life high; we didn't buy more than we needed, and it was good; we spent a lot of time together and had a good relationship (the other half of 1988vote and I)--

12 years later life is much harder, and we do have much less $--

and it's hard NOT to be stressed--

but then we never tried to have the 'good life'--

one of the things this has done for US, though, is that we really understand a lot of things better now, and we have a lot more compassion for those in the world who are poor.

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it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--