When things go bad

[omniscient]

Omni, was his name Armen?

Yes it was, I posted about it right after talking to his brother online so I guess it was stuck in my head.

[omniscient]

Well at least one thing is good, the second doctor I'm going to, to get an opinion on my shingles is right across Memorial and I can go see my mom and go there all at one place, now that's being optimistic.

[violette829]

Did he just pass away in his sleep? How old was he?

[dstyle]

Gyanka kezee man, I heard about it in the morning as well, didn't really know him but know some of the brothers friends, so ya, sorry, hope you get better as well

[omniscient]

Did he just pass away in his sleep? How old was he?

he was like 27 and yes he just didn't wake up in the morning.

[violette829]

Jesus Christ!!!! What is going on in the world? Omni jan, please don't let things like this get you down. I know it seems impossible right now, but life will go on and one day you'll look back and it'll all just be a bad memory. If you need a shoulder to cry on, I'm here.


May God give his family patience and strength. God, I just can't believe this.

[spiral]

When my issues seem too overwhelming, I usually look through this book I made for myself. It has my favorite poems and quotes, and writings.

So hope this will help, and not depress you even more
It's really more optimistic than people think.

Dream-Land

_Edgar Alan Poe

By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule-
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of SPACE- out of TIME.

Bottomless vales and boundless floods,
And chasms, and caves, and Titan woods,
With forms that no man can discover
For the tears that drip all over;
Mountains toppling evermore
Into seas without a shore;
Seas that restlessly aspire,
Surging, unto skies of fire;
Lakes that endlessly outspread
Their lone waters- lone and dead,-
Their still waters- still and chilly
With the snows of the lolling lily.

By the lakes that thus outspread
Their lone waters, lone and dead,-
Their sad waters, sad and chilly
With the snows of the lolling lily,-
By the mountains- near the river
Murmuring lowly, murmuring ever,-
By the grey woods,- by the swamp
Where the toad and the newt encamp-
By the dismal tarns and pools
Where dwell the Ghouls,-
By each spot the most unholy-
In each nook most melancholy-
There the traveller meets aghast
Sheeted Memories of the Past-
Shrouded forms that start and sigh
As they pass the wanderer by-
White-robed forms of friends long given,
In agony, to the Earth- and Heaven.

For the heart whose woes are legion
'Tis a peaceful, soothing region-
For the spirit that walks in shadow
'Tis- oh, 'tis an Eldorado!
But the traveller, travelling through it,
May not- dare not openly view it!
Never its mysteries are exposed
To the weak human eye unclosed;
So wills its King, who hath forbid
The uplifting of the fringed lid;
And thus the sad Soul that here passes
Beholds it but through darkened glasses.

By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have wandered home but newly
From this ultimate dim Thule.

[Genuine_Stud]

So to top off my shingles, my good friends brother died today because he just didn't wake up this morning. Just didn't want to bring it up yesterday. To top it off my mom is in the hospital with chest pains.

I don't know if this happens to you guys but when things go bad in life it's like a series of events like a chain reaction. When shi.t hits the fan it really hits the fan.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Ohh man...

I know exactly what you're talking about.

I had two uncles pass away in their mid 40's just recently about 3 years apart and a third one currently infected with prostate cancer. I know how it feels deep down inside.

Sometimes you look at life and wonder if any of it matters at all... all the stress, the arguments, the pain, the love, the joy, the sacrifices, and you start thinking to yourself....wondering... if it's even worth going on.

You're going to grieve about your friend for quite some time depending on how close you were.. but I can guarantee you that once you've accepted the death.. you will have learned something.

It is what it is bro. You're given this cruel world so that you yourself can determine how strong you are pertaining to different situations in life. You're given this life to be tested.

Now you're really being tested, because of your mom's situation as well... and as tough as it is to handle seeing your mom in that hospital bed, you're going to have to stay strong for her to give her the confidence that she needs to give her hope in what she's facing.

Unfotunately.. this is the life we face. If you have to grieve... grieve man, let it all out. Don't be like me and keep it inside.... it's going to eat you up.

All you can do is keep going man. You have to. The shingles you have is mostly from the stress you have. My dad had that sam problem. It'll go away just don't stress it too much.. it's not worth it. Take every day as it comes and keep going man... and always remember...

The real question is... what are you going to do in YOUR lifetime to have people remember you by?

Gyanka kezi bro.

[omniscient]

Thanks for all the replies, all of you, it actually helped a little. Good to see an all serious thread for once. Don't worry though, we can go on with the jokes and humor now, you just have to look for the humor in things even when things are bad or you'll go crazy.

[hyebruin]

So to top off my shingles, my good friends brother died today because he just didn't wake up this morning. Just didn't want to bring it up yesterday. To top it off my mom is in the hospital with chest pains.

I don't know if this happens to you guys but when things go bad in life it's like a series of events like a chain reaction. When shi.t hits the fan it really hits the fan.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

i'm so sorry about all the pain you're going through; just know there's always a rainbow after the rain, and there are friends out there, online or offline who support you