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charmaine56

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2014, 07:20:03 am »
when you dont know if your going to have a roof over your head much longer I guess that is surviving.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #31 on: September 29, 2014, 09:16:11 am »
I hope I am know living.  Surviving is so hard, but I survived thanks be to God.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #32 on: September 30, 2014, 05:26:01 pm »
Well technically, I am living because I am sitting here reading this post and typing an answer. In the sense of the word for this particular posting, no I don't feel like I am living. Technically, I am surviving because I am still here and sitting here typing this response, but I also don't feel like I am surviving all that well. So, I guess I would say that my answer to this question is neither. I think that currently, it's just more like I am existing.  :confused1:

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #33 on: September 30, 2014, 05:28:31 pm »
we are surviving because we have so so many bills that we dont have money for anything new.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #34 on: September 30, 2014, 05:32:22 pm »
Both... I'm trying to survive and living it up before I die

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #35 on: September 30, 2014, 05:50:48 pm »
I'm not living, although I am alive.  Right now I feel like we're barely surviving financially. One day soon that's going to change.
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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2014, 10:56:33 am »
im surviving!!!!! :glasses-nerdy:

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #37 on: October 05, 2014, 10:32:18 am »
I am surviving.  I can't afford to go anywhere or do some of the fun things that cost money.
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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #38 on: October 05, 2014, 11:34:34 am »
Thought-provoking question.  Many sad responses.  I'm afraid that is the way of life many times.  One minute you are up, sometimes static and balanced for awhile, and then it's like you are handed another test.
 
I have had a challenging year myself, and then I look at other situations and realize it could always be worse.  However, our minds and emotions make us look at our own everyday situation more than any other, and we are back to trying to cope with the moment.  Overall, life seems to be a balancing act...living at times, surviving at others, better and worse, challenging and peaceful.  I guess I've learned to never think anything will stay the same, and that's BOTH good and bad.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #39 on: October 05, 2014, 01:41:21 pm »
What would be living?

I think I do a little of both. I'm living because I have God in my life and surviving because I work and just have a enough to live on. IS that what you mean when you say Living or Surviving?

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #40 on: October 05, 2014, 02:39:32 pm »
Surviving unfortunately - maybe that has been the basis of my whole life - always waiting for something to work out that I think will make me happy.  I don't know if there is any way I can change that other than to pray about it.  Well here's hoping you guys are all able to live and not just survive.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #41 on: October 05, 2014, 02:40:25 pm »


Beware: ELP coming. Extra Long Post.

I was surprised and saddened to hear so many people say they are just surviving. I suppose if you feel sorry for yourself and your situation, then you're only surviving.

If we thought more about, or actually saw, how people in other countries have to live, we all might be a little more grateful and feel better about our own situation.

What if you had to go to a garbage dump or someone else's trash in order to find food to eat? What if there were not real choices as to what we ate every day?

What if you had to walk miles just to get a drink or have water to cook with? What if you couldn't take a bath unless you bathed in your own source of water? What if you never had experienced a shower and never would ever experience that pleasure?

If you've got a job, you're better off than most. Whatever you make in one day might be more than people in other countries make in a month or possibly even a year. And they can't go to their local grocery store for snacks.

Their homes are hovels with sometimes only one room for an entire family. Many of the children are sick or dying and there are no medical facilities at hand. Even if there were, they would not be able to afford it.

No electronic gadgets, no social outlets, no television, no intramural sports, no crayons, books, education or hope for a brighter future.

We've got a lot to be thankful for here in the U.S. I think more of you are living than only surviving. Think about it. God bless America. :notworthy:


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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #42 on: October 05, 2014, 02:48:34 pm »
I am surviving while on the path to living.  I do feel the majority of people simply survive their whole lives.

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #43 on: October 05, 2014, 05:02:09 pm »
Im living every day to the fullest!!

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Re: Are You Living or Surviving
« Reply #44 on: October 07, 2014, 11:48:20 am »
I guess I'm surviving. I'm just a college student trying to make it through.

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