Raise Shields, Red Alert!!!
Have you ever felt like you're just under some sort of attack for no apparent reason? Like you and those around you have been having things go unusually wrong (and unfairly wrong). Like you know you're a good person and deserve better than this, but you're getting a large serving of fish (CARP) that you hadn't ordered?
Of course you have. That's life! Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant, and sometimes (as my wife likes to add) you're the pooper-scooper bag. My bag has been stuffed full the past couple of weeks from a number of different angles. There was some CARP at work that I wish I had handled differently (although, if I had, things probably wouldn't have turned out as well, go figure). There has been CARP in life (usually involving our vehicles) that continues to put us in the hole and SHOULD have been dealt with before, but the CARP keeps coming back with various holes in it's chest from where Brandi and I have driven various stakes in. Then there was CARP in my game. Not a lot of carp, but a distinct lack of fun, which kinda defeats the purpose of playing a game in the first place.
I'm usually a very bitter and sullen person without a game to play, but in the face of all this CARP, I've been fine. Either that, or I've just been too dang tired and busy to dwell on it. I've done a lot of praying (boy it's nice having a chapel at the workplace) and not a lot of sitting back and dwelling on life. Most of the thoughts rattling around my brain have been how to handle the various versions of CARP, and thus far it's been paying off. One by one the fish are being knocked down, things seem to be leveling out, and I'm still here with a positive attitude on life, the universe, and everything.
Through all of this, my family has been the steadfast lock of NO CARP that I've needed it to be (especially my wife, thanks Brandi!). What better refuge from the trials and tribulations of life than those you love and love you? I don't want to think where I'd be know without their support and encouragement, so a big thank you to my family!
Of course you have. That's life! Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant, and sometimes (as my wife likes to add) you're the pooper-scooper bag. My bag has been stuffed full the past couple of weeks from a number of different angles. There was some CARP at work that I wish I had handled differently (although, if I had, things probably wouldn't have turned out as well, go figure). There has been CARP in life (usually involving our vehicles) that continues to put us in the hole and SHOULD have been dealt with before, but the CARP keeps coming back with various holes in it's chest from where Brandi and I have driven various stakes in. Then there was CARP in my game. Not a lot of carp, but a distinct lack of fun, which kinda defeats the purpose of playing a game in the first place.
I'm usually a very bitter and sullen person without a game to play, but in the face of all this CARP, I've been fine. Either that, or I've just been too dang tired and busy to dwell on it. I've done a lot of praying (boy it's nice having a chapel at the workplace) and not a lot of sitting back and dwelling on life. Most of the thoughts rattling around my brain have been how to handle the various versions of CARP, and thus far it's been paying off. One by one the fish are being knocked down, things seem to be leveling out, and I'm still here with a positive attitude on life, the universe, and everything.
Through all of this, my family has been the steadfast lock of NO CARP that I've needed it to be (especially my wife, thanks Brandi!). What better refuge from the trials and tribulations of life than those you love and love you? I don't want to think where I'd be know without their support and encouragement, so a big thank you to my family!
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