Got a new prayer for you Pam:

"Lord, give me the strength to put up with the people who are going to p**s me off today."

This is not original thought. It is the slogan on a Tshirt I am giving my youngest for his birthday, I bought it today. He too gets impatient with people who seem to have thoughts which are mostly about themselves.

Please stay and give us the benefit of your wisdom. And sometimes your more stringent answers to life's "little problems" allow us to see life more in perspective.

Sue.

Pam:

I agree with you 100% , but I also agree 100% on what sue said. please stay, don't think of turning your back on others. people whose attitude bothers you, maybe you should ignore thhem(not me though)

Asha

Pam

You'd better not leave. I'll hunt you down and bring you back. I know the stresses of your job and understand the occassional flair ups that you and I both have.

However, having said that....I believe when we read a post like that one we can't just fixate on the fact that someone had a stroke and get out the pompoms and start cheering. We're more than cheerleaders. We have to also see that the man was elderly, his family was spread out over several states and he's far out from the stroke and still can't talk or eat. He'd need more support than he could possibility get without hands-on help daily for a meaningful recovery (and I felt the daughter knew that). The elderly also have a different view point from a people under 75 and many are ready to let nature take it's course. I went through the process of letting my dad choose not to get treated for cancer....not easy, but in the end he did make the right, dignified choice. Age matters in predicting stroke recovery chances. There are no one-size-fits-all answers for the newbies that come here. When in doubt if we're posting to a particular person on the board or we're posting to someone who wronged us in our own lives, don't reply. Sometimes we need to sit on our feelings for a day or two first.

Pam, settle down and go to your corner and wait for the next bell to ring.

Love, ya.... Jean

sister Pam

here is a version of the Serenity Prayer that you might like...

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

The courage to change the things I can

And the wisdom to bury the bodies of the people who p**s me off"

either chill out, or start shoveling!

sandy

Hi Pam

Sent to the corner! Oh my..Oh my. he he he

Mam ...you have paid your dues and as such your membership entitles you to get mad, rant n rave all you like.

But!.... U know what. The people that are making you mad are most likely not even aware.

They tend to be locked up in there little world mostly all by themselves.

"Poor me" , "Get otta my way!" and "why can't I park here? Nobody was using the parking space".

There's one in every crowd. Don"t let them get to you. Just smile and say "Have a great day". They don't have enough brains to even know that they made your blood pressure go off the scale.

Most likely nothing you say or do will cause them to change anyway.

People are like web pages. When you encounter a bad one just close it and forget it. There are millions of good ones that you haven't met yet.

Smile Pam

thanks cowgirl

Gary

I agree with all above, and there are some very self centered people in very structured lives....

Sometimes, I let a post lie for awhile and go back and read others replies..to see how others have viewed it.

You are to valuable and well liked here to let a "few" get to you..

I like sue's tee shirt and Sandy's serenity prayer...may need to get tee shirts with both printed..

and if you have noticed, there are only one or two posts from such people and they are gone.

It's the "family" here that sticks together and welcomes the newbies who are actually looking for support, caring and giving.

I'm with Jean, will help her "hunt" you down..

you help give us courage. Like a wet dog, shake it off and think of your many friends here.

Bonnie