Would you still consider CTB if humans weren't awful?

[miserableforever]

No.
I was an unwanted child. My mom hates me, my dad vanished. I worked hard, got my degrees. Saved up for a finally good life.
My daughter became a successful actress. We had fun traveling and working together. My ex wanted more money, he dropped me off at strip clubs for bikini competitions, dropped me off at rich guy's places 'for a purse'
When we wanted to buy a simple small house he tried to have the druggie old lady next door move in with us to take her SSI check.
I had it and divorced. He raided mine and my kid's bank accounts. We had no food, no money for rent. I'm disgusted.

 

[Suicidebydeath]

No.
I was an unwanted child. My mom hates me, my dad vanished. I worked hard, got my degrees. Saved up for a finally good life.
My daughter became a successful actress. We had fun traveling and working together. My ex wanted more money, he dropped me off at strip clubs for bikini competitions, dropped me off at rich guy's places 'for a purse'
When we wanted to buy a simple small house he tried to have the druggie old lady next door move in with us to take her SSI check.
I had it and divorced. He raided mine and my kid's bank accounts. We had no food, no money for rent. I'm disgusted.

I'm really sorry for all of that. People like your ex shouldn't be allowed to exist.

 

[miserableforever]

I'm really sorry for all of that. People like your ex shouldn't be allowed to exist.

Thank you. I will never understand some people.. The fight against him is far from over. It's my reason for being here.

 

[ARW3N]

"Great king, no one who is born is free from aging and death. Even those affluent khattiyas—rich, with great wealth and property, with abundant gold and silver, abundant treasures and commodities, abundant wealth and grain—because they have been born, are not free from aging and death." - Buddha

 

[bigtiredoflife]

I don't really know. I guess my chief complaint is that I don't feel like I fit in with society, and a lot of the stress comes from work, especially with people. A lot of people in my line of work have mental illnesses themselves, or are just downright mean and unreasonable, and I'm expected to deal with them. I'm someone who avoids conflict but has to deal with it often and it gets tiring. People expect me to fix their problems, but if they don't like what I say they treat me like a stupid piece of shit. They're allowed to act however they want but id get fired if I did more than be a punching bag.

 

[Onkyo74893]

I over all agree with you. Like I have said before on SS, humans as of right now, except all of us here on SS and I am for real on this aspect that we are unique that we love and care for each other and have no idea about money or anything amongst us here, are greedy, and very egotistical.

I have said before like on sci-fi shows/movies, where money is a thing of the past and one use their lives in the betterment of everyone. I grew up ultra poor and now later in life still getting by money wise, but I am ok with it. I try my best to help and look out for folks, and yes I am way far from perfect, i have made a lot of mistakes. But like last year when Covid started to really lock businesses down here in the U.S., I was at a restaurant and they were closing for at least 3 months and my waitress was crying as she did not know what to do for living expenses. I had $100 on me extra and gave it to her. She was shocked and so were others. When I told a business acquaintance about it he was totally dumbfounded as to why I would do that, as it was a "whole" $100.

I mention this as a example in my past of humans and I hope and pray that as we evolve that we can shed greed, ego and the other not so nice aspects. We are all one period and at the end of the day and one's life it is about the betterment of humankind and not money or power.

After having found SS and the folks here nice enough to let me join and finally have found a place in this world where folks are super nice, look out for one another, it has NOTHING to do with money, ego, greed, nothing, just being nice to one another and helping each other out.

In the twilight of my life, SS and all the folks here are my family as I have no other and quite frankly I do not want any one else than my family here on SS.

Thank you to all and please have a great upcoming weekend.

Walter

Thanks for the post Walter. I recently started the last "trimester" of life. In pretty good health physically, but mentally, I'm a basket case. Since I sank into a pit of depression a few months ago, I lost all interest in all the things that used to bring me joy. It's a chore just dragging my ass out of bed. One of the few bright spots in my life is that since I retired, I get a decent pension. In the depths of my despair though, I don't spend money on anything except gas for my vehicle and groceries. You gave me an idea to overtip food service people. Might make my days (and theirs) a little brighter.

 

[whywere]

Thanks for the post Walter. I recently started the last "trimester" of life. In pretty good health physically, but mentally, I'm a basket case. Since I sank into a pit of depression a few months ago, I lost all interest in all the things that used to bring me joy. It's a chore just dragging my ass out of bed. One of the few bright spots in my life is that since I retired, I get a decent pension. In the depths of my despair though, I don't spend money on anything except gas for my vehicle and groceries. You gave me an idea to overtip food service people. Might make my days (and theirs) a little brighter.

Thank you for the very kind reply. I do not now, as I am unemployed, but when I had a position and I would eat out, I always, unless it was ultra-bad service, always give a good tip.

In March 2020, a local restaurant was shutting down because of Covid, and one of the waitresses was in despair as she would have no income coming in. I had $100 U.S. dollars on me extra after the cost of the meal and a tip and I gave her the $100 to help her out. It made me feel great for like a week or so and when I told a co-worker about the $100 extra, he thought I was crazy. For me I had forgotten all about it and this last summer in 2021 I ran into her in a food store, and she came over and thanked me again. She did not forget about it, and I had already forgotten about spending the $100. But she did not!!

What goes around comes around and one leaves with what one came with, NOTHING! It helped her and it also helped me, a win-win situation.

Take good care of yourself, as you are a very good friend and I hope you have a great Holiday season.

Walter