It seems strange to me how people like me for example can be living in their "own" little world for so long and not notice everything that is going on around them. Life is not put into perspective until you come close to seeing it lost.


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i agree with ya cowboy. this spring my "liitle world" has been my truck, video games and friends and school. im oblivious to everything around now, and it's also for a lack of not caring what's happening

 

yes and i agree cowboy..all im doing is work work and more work. i do sometimes block the world out. i have been spending more time on my house in up keeping and painting inside all the rooms plus landscapeing my back yard then i go to my work place of employment to make a living.i can allways come here to relax on FTE and see whats new with things...thank goodness for this ford site WHEW

 

Sometimes I think it helps to give yourself a buffer from all the things going on out there.

So long as we have a periferal awareness that things are not perfect all across the board.

I know that for me, when something big happens I generally know about it sooner than those around me because I have my nose entrenched in a few choice places on the internet - this being one of them.

But that doesn't mean I am going to sit and stress out over things I can't change, I do my bit and keep a weather eye out. Lord knows when it's my turn to take heat I'll be that much better prepared, and informed.

*Shrugs*

They do not only serve who stand at the front lines. Someone has to fill out forms, someone has to hand out laundry. And then there are those of us who keep the airplanes flying...

We do that well!

(Keep the faith, man!)

 

I totally know what yall mean. Back in '97 I almost lost my father due to kidney failure. Prior to that I would hate spending time with my family, nor did I understand the value of them (I was like 15 or so). If you ask me today at age 19, I couldn't tell you how much his illness has put things into perspective. I can not imagine my life without my family and I pity the people who are still to this day the way I was before.


Gig'em

 

 

I think I must be an odd exception. I pay as much attention to my surroundings and the world as possible. Unfortunately, I work so much that I don't keep up as much as I would like to. I think about a lot of things that I can't change. I am in Michigan. I have been here most of my life (44 years), with short residences in Alaska, New York, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Colorado. My father decided to retire early and moved to Arkansas (why Arkansas, I can't figure out) with my mother. I miss them, and think about them constantly. I have siblings and their children in active military service. I worry every now and then, when the phone rings, that something has gone badly, and that I haven't been with them enough, or said things that should be said. I divorced my first wife 18 years ago, and when I did, she took my 4 year old daughter away and I haven't seen her since. Nothing I can do about it, but I am aware of her existence, which causes an extreme sadness, everyday. I try to be a good person, and to be pleasant to everyone. I take pride in the fact that I have never struck another human being in anger, and that I value everyones life, choices, and opinions. I try hard to pay attention to as much as possible. I am missing so many things as it is, I do not want to take a chance by missing something else.

 

The real worl is for people who can't handle fishing.

I try to keep up on what is going on in the world but, there are times when we all need to "tune out"

Just my opinion,

dj