https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3611&p=42352#p42352 ----------------------------------- leahman Friday, 29 October 2010, 02:49 PM Re: Why I've Been Unusually Quiet Recently ----------------------------------- :) -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 !