I don't think I will last more than a few days at TW or MTF. That's why I don't want to sign up. Even my argument at TF didn't go very well even though that's a much better place but still, no place is free from fanatics no matter how ideal they sound. I struggled at Murray's World too and thank God I am out of it. Most people though are very good but some people can make it very difficult and the nature of any conversation can quickly go from bad to worse especially on match threads. Then there are some people who make things very personal. I was a member of Samprasfanz all my life and never come across anything so hostile before. Makes sense when you realize that, Murray's World is heavily nation oriented as at least 90% of its members are Brits, whereas at least 50% of Samprasfanz' members were from all around the world. So they would be more respectful towards each other rather than cynical and personal and be always on the verge of attacking mode. So everything that happened since then (1st week of July), now that I look back, I can see that they happened for a reason. Every single thing.
Why is my disabled sister who has been in a nursing home for five years giving out my address for DirecTv services?
She rented this house 5 years ago, when I lived at my other place. She also gives creditors my number although we have never shared a home since we lived at home as teenagers.
This chick is really sick. She'll do anything to get under my skin.
Oh that's too bad. Why is she doing that though? It would tick me totally off if anyone were to give out my information without my consent. Are you sure though it's her and they are not getting this information from some place else? You know with the FB, Twitter etc. personal information is no longer personal. Plus, it's very easy to get anybody's address, phone numbers etc. these days especially for these companies. They have their own agendas and they are very good at it.
This is not something I want to get it out of my system in the same sense but sometimes I wish though that I was in some kind of Service oriented job - like a social worker or even a nurse (not a doctor) where I am directly in contact with someone who needs help. But all I do is help my company make more money. Though I am very grateful for my job and I do love it, and my sincerity is never in question, but it still doesn't give me that satisfaction when I help someone directly.
But what is great about our company is that, it does allow people to pursue their dreams in some way. For example, I just finished our Holiday Hamper with the help of a few others. We adopted a family of 5 (mother and 4 young children) and we held a couple of events to raise enough money to buy them almost everything on their wishlist. At first, we had to go with the most basic needs first but then Ryan (the 8 year old) wanted an electronic Reader and I just couldn't find enough money to buy one, but in the end luck opened up and I was able to buy one for him, so that made me very happy. Otherwise I was going to buy one for him. I did contribute some money and some CDs, DVDs etc.
Also, I held another charity project called "Coin Wars" in the middle of this year and we were able to raise more money than we'd expected. All went to United Way. I do this all in my spare time albeit through work and some other charity work so I am at least grateful that I can contribute to humanity in a small way though I'd like to do much, much more to be honest. Maybe my life will take a turning point at some point who knows really.
I am sure. She is a really sick puppy. She has been in competition with me since birth and she does anything she can to make my life miserable.
It's sad, because I don't do anything but try to help her.
She did it, but unbeknownst to her I got rid of DirecTv a few weeks ago. Two days later I received a charge on my account, and I called them to see why they were charging me for a cancelled service. They couldn't explain it sufficiently, but I'm thinking that she impersonated me and pretended that I was her power of attorney and had service turned on in her new apartment.
Unreal. That chick is beyond evil.
This is not something I want to get it out of my system in the same sense but sometimes I wish though that I was in some kind of Service oriented job - like a social worker or even a nurse (not a doctor) where I am directly in contact with someone who needs help. But all I do is help my company make more money. Though I am very grateful for my job and I do love it, and my sincerity is never in question, but it still doesn't give me that satisfaction when I help someone directly.
But what is great about our company is that, it does allow people to pursue their dreams in some way. For example, I just finished our Holiday Hamper with the help of a few others. We adopted a family of 5 (mother and 4 young children) and we held a couple of events to raise enough money to buy them almost everything on their wishlist. At first, we had to go with the most basic needs first but then Ryan (the 8 year old) wanted an electronic Reader and I just couldn't find enough money to buy one, but in the end luck opened up and I was able to buy one for him, so that made me very happy. Otherwise I was going to buy one for him. I did contribute some money and some CDs, DVDs etc.
Also, I held another charity project called "Coin Wars" in the middle of this year and we were able to raise more money than we'd expected. All went to United Way. I do this all in my spare time albeit through work and some other charity work so I am at least grateful that I can contribute to humanity in a small way though I'd like to do much, much more to be honest. Maybe my life will take a turning point at some point who knows really.
Your story exactly mirrors mine. I had a decent job, making good money, but I felt so unfulfilled. Like you, I wanted to felt that my presence was making a difference. I was used to working with deadlines and high pressure positions and in my last job at the company I could do my work in less than two hours.
My boss didn't come in until the afternoon and most of the day was spent twiddling my thumbs. I had to go. I stayed at home for a couple of years pursuing some creative things I had wanted to do all my life.
When I went back to work I worked in the Public School system. I loved it, although the money was a fraction of my previous salary.
Now, I am going back to school and when I re-enter the work force it will be for something to do with children, in an educational way, but not as a teacher.
This is not something I want to get it out of my system in the same sense but sometimes I wish though that I was in some kind of Service oriented job - like a social worker or even a nurse (not a doctor) where I am directly in contact with someone who needs help. But all I do is help my company make more money. Though I am very grateful for my job and I do love it, and my sincerity is never in question, but it still doesn't give me that satisfaction when I help someone directly.
But what is great about our company is that, it does allow people to pursue their dreams in some way. For example, I just finished our Holiday Hamper with the help of a few others. We adopted a family of 5 (mother and 4 young children) and we held a couple of events to raise enough money to buy them almost everything on their wishlist. At first, we had to go with the most basic needs first but then Ryan (the 8 year old) wanted an electronic Reader and I just couldn't find enough money to buy one, but in the end luck opened up and I was able to buy one for him, so that made me very happy. Otherwise I was going to buy one for him. I did contribute some money and some CDs, DVDs etc.
Also, I held another charity project called "Coin Wars" in the middle of this year and we were able to raise more money than we'd expected. All went to United Way. I do this all in my spare time albeit through work and some other charity work so I am at least grateful that I can contribute to humanity in a small way though I'd like to do much, much more to be honest. Maybe my life will take a turning point at some point who knows really.
Your story exactly mirrors mine. I had a decent job, making good money, but I felt so unfulfilled. Like you, I wanted to felt that my presence was making a difference. I was used to working with deadlines and high pressure positions and in my last job at the company I could do my work in less than two hours.
My boss didn't come in until the afternoon and most of the day was spent twiddling my thumbs. I had to go. I stayed at home for a couple of years pursuing some creative things I had wanted to do all my life.
When I went back to work I worked in the Public School system. I loved it, although the money was a fraction of my previous salary.
Now, I am going back to school and when I re-enter the work force it will be for something to do with children, in an educational way, but not as a teacher.
I am completely on my own so I have to make a decent living. I can choose to live a very simple life of course but that time I don't think has come yet. If I had a choice, I would have spent half my time researching and studying stuff I am truly passionate about and the other half I would have spent with people who need help.
Working with children would be so nice. I love children. It's just that growing up I never knew what I'd really wanted. I am glad though that you are on the right track. I work in a very big corporate world and sometimes, I feel a bit tired especially, you know, when you have a bad day and you feel you need someone to talk to, but then there's nobody there. But then the next day, you forget about that too.
We live in a very pretentious world. People are just so into fake stuff always trying to be somebody they are not. It turns me completely off. Anyway...I am sure I am here for a reason.
It took many years to get here, but I don't regret the journey.
Now, I have little, but I have peace.
You are where you are, because that's where you're supposed to be.
Timing is everything,
And your time is yet to come.
Then, it will be the best time, but not a moment before.
You are needed where you are, that's why you're there.
Good luck.
I was wondering if there's a way to avoid all this because it seems like if she can do it once she'll probably do it again. One of my best friends sister is quite sick too. I am amazed how different they are in characters even when they were exposed to similar environments growing up, and yet I find her so rude, mean and extremely selfish. And her sister, my friend, is quite the opposite.
It's almost never the gene (which mostly makes the protein btw) and it's almost never the environment, but something far beyond - something that is still not within our knowledge. You just have to wonder why some people haven't evolved as much as others and as the bigger questions. But I am also aware of people who looked and acted perfectly normal and yet, they were found as the worst killers in human history. They simply acted to have the archetype values like love, truth, justice, empathy, beauty, innocence etc. but in truth, they had none of these qualities. What they had instead was absolutely and utterly quite the opposite. These are even bigger mysteries out there.
For example, I was watching a documentary on Dennis Rader, otherwise known as the BTK killer (bound, torture and kill, he used this as his signature), and I found out as usual growing up he used to torture animals before killing them (this had led me to ask question to children, 'do you love animals' because I believe it's fundamental in identifying a disturbing character and take necessary actions from early on if possible). And he continued to do that once he grew up but this time, he went one step further and made human beings his main target.
Now if you read his bio on wiki, you will see this, "Rader was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had been elected president of the Congregation Council. He was also a Cub Scout leader. On July 26, 2005, after Rader's arrest, Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Yost waived the usual 60-day waiting period and granted an immediate divorce for his wife, agreeing that her mental health was in danger. Rader did not contest the divorce, and the 34-year marriage was ended. Paula Rader said in her divorce petition that her mental and physical condition has been adversely affected by the marriage."
What I found amusing is that, despite killing at least 10 people he had a 34 year long marriage and his wife only mentioned how much she was affected by the marriage after Rader got caught. Surely she should have noticed some of the disturbing behaviour much before? Perhaps she was in denial.
But anyway, what really amuses me is that, there are some people like Rader among us (perhaps not all are so extreme but disturbing enough to cause endless trouble) and we do notice them but unfortunately not to the point it should be noted. Even online you will come off repeated offenders otherwise known as posters, but there's something very disturbing about them if you pay attention.
What I believe in is reincarnation. People are born again and again to pay off their karmic debts. It's a long story but it seems to be the most outstanding explanation out there, especially if you read about all the near death experiences. I am reading a book right now based on true experiences and it's called Journey of Souls by Dr. Michael Newton. Very eye opening so far.
Mozart, for example, was able to compose at age 5 and yet none of his parents, gran-parents were musicians. Nor was he exposed to that kind of musical environment at an very early age, so he clearly knew a lot of the stuff already when he was born. Einstein had no renown physicist in his entire generation and yet, he took the world by storm in the science world. There are countless numbers of examples out there that show that there might just be something out there we are overlooking.
A lot of people are actually discovering a lot of stuff through hypnosis lately. A person I know was extremely afraid of the water and she had found out recently that she was drowned in her previous life and that fear stayed with her in this life as well. Of course her fear went away once explored. There's an incredible book out there called Many Lives Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss. And of course there's that very famous book called Life After Life by Dr. Raymond Moody that changed the history of human race in a very interesting way. All worth reading if one is really interested to find out the truth.
So what I am saying is that, the life we have is the life we chose deliberately when we were in between lives but since we have free-will, we often lose track of things once born. Because it's so easy to forget once you enter this life, where you are conditioned to forget all your past lives as otherwise you wouldn't learn your lessons if known. It's a very hard concept to digest of course, especially if you tell someone who's born with a condition that he or she chose it deliberately to experience it in this life. But through constant struggle and suffering he'll learn the valuable lessons. I suppose he wasn't learning it otherwise when he had a choice but now he has left himself no other choice but to learn it.
But of course people believe in different things but I tend to look at what's going on in our life and what life in general tells us. That's why all our experiences are quite valuable because they are always telling us something.
it was never really my cup of tea after all that I have seen at MTF. tennis warehouse is a lot like MTF these days. constant insulting, attacking, and harassment, and never ending bickering. who has patience for that crap.
I was very close to leaving anyway. I prefer the peace and the quiet and the serenity at Camelot.
anyway they don't have a PM system at tennis warehouse and besides, the Camelot elite tennis society name is slowly making its rounds around the net.
we are well on track to where we are going.
I am exactly where I need to be. I need to help build this place.
I am tired of building up everyone else.
this is home now.
I was a member of Samprasfanz all my life and never come across anything so hostile before.