https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3611&p=42352#p42352
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leahman
Friday, 29 October 2010, 02:49 PM

Re: Why I've Been Unusually Quiet Recently
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:) -Life [b][size=14]Decisions[/size][/b]—

There are pathways -in our lives, some of which are HANDED [i]-to us,[/i]
some are TAKEN [i]-from us[/i], and others— are made  -[i]by us.[/i]

I was born, and for the first 13 years [i]of my life—[/i]
Things were going (I thought)
just as I wanted, and expected.

Until my parents got divorced...[color=#B20000] fast foreward -for one year[/color]—
and [u]there[/u] lies my father, murdered in his grave,
my step-mother who poisioned him—
also [u]embesseled [/u]his estate,[i] took[/i] every penny...

and there are[i][b] my sister and I—[/b][/i]
with our small suitcases, being passed among our relatives...

without hope— or a future... little orphans.

So what- was handed to us, was taken [i][b]from us[/b][/i]....

unlike my sister, I choose to take the experiences
of life. I could have joined the Air Force, or  Navy
but I [u]choose[/u] to Join the Army. After that, I could have
chosen to[i] only take a job,[/i] but I choose -to take a job
and send myself to college.

What I SHOULD have inhearited— was [i][b]taken[/b][/i]...
EXCEPT (and this is important)

 for some property, which  -Could[i][b] Not—[/b][/i]
becuase  -it  was left...
'PER STRIPES"— which  [u]means[/u] it can not be gained
[u]by[/u] a marriage, but ONLY through[i][b] inhearience[/b][/i]
to a BLOOD -offspring.

My sister— did not want,[u] or[/u] the taxes owed....

Also didn't [u]choose[/u] to go to College.

Her useless [b]SON[/b]— who [u]dropped[/u] from school
the day he was 16, he also choose-[u]NOT[/u] to
go to College, and even when I choose to send
my daughter to College, he  stands on his head
shouting -' yes [u]send her [/u]so she can -[u]learn[/u] to stay
DRUNK, and will come home pregnant.... College
is for idiots...."

But he is wrong.  He laughs that he [i]will Not send[/i] his
Sons— and I know he won't— but it is [u]because[/u] -he
is SELFISH.  My Sister buys those boys clothes— while
my useless nephew -vacations in Bahamas, and goes
from one divorce— to the next...

He's no education— but has a good job, through
where [i][u]his FATHER -works.[/u][/i].. yet I  am knowing
that [u]the day after[/u] his Father retires— they will
send nephew PACKING -to the unemployment
line. After that, since I know HE is a LIAR, and a THEIF
only bad can come.
 :redface: 

[u]Each[/u] of us— makes our road  -by our choices.

[u]Some[/u] choose [u]an easy road[/u], and choose -NOT to help
others[i] along the way[/i]....

My Wife and I  -are [b][i]known.[/i][/b]..
for taking[i] on— [/i]
cases -of kids in [i]Trouble—[/i]

Paying their [u]fines[/u]— to get Out of [u]Jail[/u]
then to provide a [u]job[/u], [u]and[/u] apartment
so [u]a kid[/u] =GETS a [u]second[/u] Chance....

ALL These -too, are[i] choices—[/i]
 :whistle: 

[b][size=14]Life— is a Voyage[/size][/b]...

you [u]paddle your way through it[/u]—
and each choice [i]you make[/i]
is a stoke towards  -[u]rowing[/u] the boat....

You should [i][b]help[/b][/i]— and not JUST your[i] family[/i]
but strangers -also !

When -others  -[b]DO YOU HARM[/b], you must forgive.

[size=14]Choices —[u]define[/u] 
-[u]who[/u] you [u][b]are[/b][/u].[/size]
 :wink:

Choices— [i]Show[/i]— what you are [u]made of.[/u]

 :koo: Things things— [u]should[/u] be obvious.
But I [i]think[/i]— FEW -[i]had[/i] a father, who [i]taught—[/i]
 these simple things...  :redface: 

   :whistle:  :sorry:    :redface:

When a man is [u]unhappy[/u] -with[i] his life...[/i]
i[u]t is[/u] -the [i]reflection—[/i]
of the choices he's[i] made.[/i].

—So make ...Good [i] Ones ![/i]

YOU [u]KNOW[/u]— what is [i]required[/i]
to [u]improve[/u] your [i]life.[/i]

—Do it !


