Posted by fachad on July 7, 2002, at 1:18:01
In reply to I am so sick of life!, posted by BarbaraCat on July 6, 2002, at 22:56:45
BarbaraCat,
I am so sorry to hear that you are feeling so low.
I am not a Christian; I'm not even a religious person. I do not think religion or the Bible has any final answers.
However, there are a few passages in the Bible that I find remarkable as descriptions of the emotional and spiritual place that you are now in. When I was "there" as a child, they were amazing to me; and 30 yrs later they still are.
So, if you have a Bible in your house, take a few minutes to read:
Psalm 77 vs. 1-12
Lamentations Ch 3 vs. 1-26
Ecclesiastes (The Whole Book)Psalm 77 and Lamentation 3 so vivid in their descriptions; it makes me feel much less alone in my suffering to realize they were written over 3,000 yrs ago.
And Ecclesiastes is a fantastic description of the search meaning in the midst of emptiness.
I hope you take the time to read these.
-fachad
> I've just about had it. This life is hard, so very embarrisingly hard. My husband is off playing rock and roll. I sit at the piano and clumsily peck out 17th century pavannes. Very clumsily. My hands are stiff, my mind is stiff. I feel like a little round old has-been person. I had great hopes for myself this time around, but I'm a failure, a dud. No matter how many nutrients I take, how many drugs, the fact is I am a failure in my own eyes.
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> Oh, great Spirit, grant me just one, oh, I can't even think of the word, the phrase. Grant me just one boon in this life. I have so much to give, but no where to place my gift. Oh, please, God, let me live this life more fully than I know how, now. I am so unused and I don't know how to,, how to, how to. I don't know how to.
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