If you lost everything within a short period of time what would you do with yourself, honestly?

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I've lost and still losing much of what was my life before.Nothing is what it was or thought it would be. Sometimes the combination of health,financial and relational failures come down on you all at once. I never believed that life could be such a hell.
After the panic, the pain, the sorrow and the desperation, you realize that you are not in charge and have no control, The train cannot be stopped so you start letting go and lose attachments to what represented your life "before" and hold on to those few things and people who really mean something.Then you wait for a better time hoping that that day will come soon enough for you and while you still enough life left in you to start living again.

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singer1960	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:21PM In less than four months....I lost someone that I thought was a good friend....My car....my job....my daughters...my grand son....my home.....and almost lost my husband....Is that loss enough...and in a short enough time to be able to answer the question.... Me I lived in a tent for two years....and pulled my life back together......repaired my marriage...got back into my family's good graces....got a new job.....and leaned one thing......That the best friend a person could ever have is themselves....For I know that I would never stab myself in the back Rated: +3Vote for this!
KavookiSoldier	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:00PM Anything but give up. Rated: +2Vote for this!
zoophile345	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:00PM watch the wiggles. no,honestly i would be thankful for my life and appreciate what was left........then watch the wiggles Rated: +2Vote for this!
roarke09	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:01PM count my change, regroup, be thankful for my life and keep going. No matter how bad, unless you die, there is always a tomorrow, and a new set of choices, try not to pick the same ones. Rated: +2Vote for this!
takethesebrokenwi ngs	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:01PM Move somewhere i've never ever heard of. I'd close my eyes and point on the map and that is where I would start over. I think it would be kind of liberating to have the opportunity to start life completely anew. Rated: +2Vote for this!
vlowery1105	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:14PM Start Over...AGAIN Thanks for the Memory's..lol Rated: +2Vote for this!
DarkangelTherian	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:14PM I put a steep rod in my spine and plow out - I don't have to imagine it. been there and done that. Rated: +2Vote for this!
TriumphGirl	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:15PM I have lost everything in the blink of an eye. My home, my husband, my job, my security and pretty much everything I owned. I mourned for quite some time but then what can you do? You get up and start over again or dig a hole and bury yourself. I chose to stand back up. Rated: +2Vote for this!
kessie	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:24PM the way I feel today I think I would just lay down and give up on a different day I'd be saying life goes on and it can only go up from here Rated: +1Vote for this!
ukko	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:15PM I lost every single thing within this year...well life goes on...will start all over...no fun but is there another option? Things happen for a reason...I did it before Ill do it again... Rated: +1Vote for this!
Pamela09	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:04PM I will start a fresh. Rated: +1Vote for this!
shannonmeduh	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:06PM become a hobo. Rated: +1Vote for this!
MsTiti	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:08PM Be strong and take each day as it comes. I did lose everything (literally) about ten years ago and I've somehow managed to survive. I learned a lot from that experience. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Waiwera	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:08PM Seek out a place to stay - Homeless Shelter or Government agency - and start planning for the next chapter of my life. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Asevan	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:09PM Break down, cry for days, wish I were dead, then kick myself in the *** and somehow get back on my feet. That's basically what's happened in the past when bad things occured, and I like to think that if worst came to worst, I'd do the same thing. Rated: +1Vote for this!
miguelote	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:09PM Pick myself up and start over. Actually this is a very good thing and should happen to everybody at least once in their lifetime. It gives you a better appreciation of life and teaches the lesson that , No , you really didi'nt need all of that stuff like you thought you did. Rated: +1Vote for this!
durbanpoison	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:10PM if you are as lost as i am... at least we are not alone. i lost everything... myself included. hang in there... something has to happen right? Rated: +1Vote for this!
flourlady111	Posted Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:37PM I would have to start over. I have 2 kids to finish raising. If I wassingle I could hop a greyhound again like in the 70s-Lol Rated: +1Vote for this!
waltzwithme	Posted Nov 4th, 2009 at 1:38AM I love what I do for a living but if I lost my business tomorrow I would do whatever it takes, literally. I'd clean houses, wash cars, dig ditches - every job is admirable and I would do whatever it took to start over. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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