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Why is life so hard for some of us?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 256294"><p>Doll/JJJ/others...</p><p>The issue of mental illness is such a "big" issue for me. The idea of free will and all that. I'm still sorting it all out. I just hope that my difficult child will do the best she can with what she's got. Certainly, entitlement wont serve her in anyway. Look at people like Stevie Wonder. Blind. From a poor background. It takes inner strength and determination to get through great difficulties and it is frustrating and sad to know that for many of our difficult children, their opportunities are limited. But to do the best they can is the value we should enourage. Sadly, we can only encourage it. That decision is a personal choice. I do wish our difficult children did not have to overcome great obstacles. Did not have to make a decision to overcome their burdens as best as they can. But we can wish this until we are blue in the face and that wont change a thing. It is what it is. It wastes time. We can provide comfort for one another. But unfortunatley, we also waste time when we think about our losses in all of this excessively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 256294"] Doll/JJJ/others... The issue of mental illness is such a "big" issue for me. The idea of free will and all that. I'm still sorting it all out. I just hope that my difficult child will do the best she can with what she's got. Certainly, entitlement wont serve her in anyway. Look at people like Stevie Wonder. Blind. From a poor background. It takes inner strength and determination to get through great difficulties and it is frustrating and sad to know that for many of our difficult children, their opportunities are limited. But to do the best they can is the value we should enourage. Sadly, we can only encourage it. That decision is a personal choice. I do wish our difficult children did not have to overcome great obstacles. Did not have to make a decision to overcome their burdens as best as they can. But we can wish this until we are blue in the face and that wont change a thing. It is what it is. It wastes time. We can provide comfort for one another. But unfortunatley, we also waste time when we think about our losses in all of this excessively. [/QUOTE]
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