Good mornin all!
Joe and others,
Today is starting out as one of those days!! I prayed on the way to work this morning(I do this every morning and it is my time with God and it is the only quiet place I have for my day sometimes) and many thoughts were going through my mind and I just feel numb. You may feel this too sometimes, but it is like I am here but I am not!!I prayed and it felt like it never really got off the ground.I have been going through a situation involving our wonderful federal government and it is really taking a tole on my mind! It feels like I have just gone through 10 rounds with Sugar Ray Leonard and got my butt kicked!
There is another situation that is heavy on my mind and the flesh seems to be winning sometimes and to be honest with you I wish I could just go completely into amniesia and start all over again!Sounds crazy I know, but I am one of those type of people that can dwell on something for days and after it is all said and done,I will think to myself why do you do this to yourself?
Well any way, I sure could use some of your prayers today!
Sorry for throwing this at you all, but I had to talk to someone and I always think that when I come here that I can be assured that you all will listen and I know I love listening to you!!
Love to you all,
bobby(bob)
Hi Bobby, sorry to hear about the stress you are presently experiencing, dealing with the government (on any level) and it's bureaucracies can be very frustrating to say the least. In my profession we have the "pleasure" of dealing with Planning Commisions where their right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing, saying or demanding. Code enforcements that demand you build something the wrong way (I am not kidding) and a slow, arrogant Permit Board that will allow one thing for one house but deny the same thing for the house next door to it, even in the same subdivision! These things can tie one's stomach in knots if you allow it but after perserverance, eating healthy portions humble pie and patience these things tend to work themselves out.
It is easy to let circumstances drive you to the point of anxiety, often making us our own worse enemy, worrying or stressing over stuff never really solves the problem, it can make it worse though. You do the best you can do, hope and pray for a lesson learned, and leave it in His very capable hands.
I know of a guy who came home from work on a Friday after a pretty tough week at work, went to his mailbox and pulled out the dreaded letter from the IRS, within the letter was a demand for the immediate payment of $4000.00 in unpaid back taxes (close to double that in today's dollars), bummer to say the least.
The next day as he was taking a needed, quiet, Saturday afternoon nap he heard his dog (who was chained in the backyard) barking his "emergency yelp" he sprung up from his slumber to see a woman and a toddler within a couple feet of his dog, even as the dog was barking they were both moving toward him (the dog). He yelled for them to stop as the kid fell on the dog, the dog in a barking, defensive posture had his mouth open and as the kid fell his stomach was scratched by the dog's teeth, not a bite but the skin did sustain a puncture. Well, the mother went ballistic and was shouting threats and babbling incoherently as the befuddled guy was asking "what are you doing in my yard? What were thinking? Why are you approaching a barking dog? The woman indignantly replied "my son saw the dog and wanted to pet him!" She went on to say, "I am going to get that dog put to sleep, he is dangerous." Our poor hero could only shake his head and tell the lady "you need to have better control of your kid, would you let him run out in traffic if he wanted to?"
A few hours later he got a call from the hospital and some administrator called to say that his dog may have to be quarantined and someone from Animal Control would be in contact with him on Monday, "sorry nothing we can do, we must report all dog bites that come through here, have a nice day."
Sunday came and went with no more "surprises" but a ton of emotional baggage from the previous 2 days.
Monday morning as our friend pulled into his office he saw his boss's car in the lot, highly unusual since the boss usually strolled in at 8:30 or 9 and it was just 7AM. He saw his boss at his desk with a long face and an obviously heavy heart, "it's over man, we're probably going to lose our jobs" he said, "we lost the *** account, and as you know without it there is no need for the warehouse/distribution office or any of us Sales Management staff here, it will probably all flow from the home office (out of state) from here on out, I found out about it Friday night, but I did not want to tell you then and ruin your weekend."
Ruin his wonderful weekend...........the stuff won't stop. Anyway, the boss suggested they just muddle about and try to get another appointment with the client and see if just maybe there was some chance this could be salvaged, at least keep a portion of the account. After some begging and pleading they were able to secure an appointment the following Thursday, so the boss said let's get out of here today, meet at the Marina tomorrow play on my boat and kill more than a few beers. We can work on a new proposal Wednesday and be ready for the meeting on Thursday. It sounded like the perfect plan.
It wasn't.
They drowned their sorrows in beer after beer for the day and were in pretty bad shape by the time they returned, bad enough for our friend to get in a fender bender, get arrested for DUI and land in jail.
Fast forward 3 months, an accountant had reviewed the IRS claims, found them faulty and actually got the guy a REFUND! To the tune of $1800, the dog bite thing went to naught as the doctor's report had "superficial wound, no puncture, no infection." Animal control dropped it. The account was saved, restoring the dollar value after some price and product modifications.
Our friend ended up losing his license, got probation, lost his job because he could no longer drive.
Anxiety, stress, self pity and unbridled emotion can make some problems much worse than they really are, trust in Him and leave it up to Him to work out, He always does.
Joe