50+ community Weekend Check-in August 21-23, 2020
Hello beautiful 50+ community, how was your week? 
Today, I just like to share with you a quote from Shakespeare:
'The meaning of life is to find your gift.' When you have a purpose you do your best work, you find your deepest strength. That's when the desire for SOMETHING can transcend the desire for safety. Needing to make a difference overcomes the fear of failing."
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@amiablePeace77, My week was up and down. It was shocking news and then relieving news. I feel odd again.
@purpleTree4652
Seems this week was a hard one, hugs. What does usually help you to find balance again?
Btw, what were the ups of the week if you do not mind me asking?
@amiablePeace77
1. Seems this week was a hard one, hugs. What does usually help you to find balance again?
My live is hard and as good as only uncomfortable at times. Oh my gosh, peace, I dont think Ive known balance for many years. The last time I remember having balance was when I recently moved out of a toxic family situation and moved into my own apartment.
2. Btw, what were the ups of the week if you do not mind me asking? My sister reversing a life-altering suggestion to me. I went through 2 days of stressing about it, trying to aaccept it, and trying to decide what to do about it. Then she and I finally were able to talk, and she told me she changed her mind 180degrees. It was an extreme relief.
I have mental illnesses, so what might be easy life situations for some people, are upsetting and can be very difficult for me.
@amiablePeace77
Hi!
It's been an intense week were the kids are back at school. I met 57 new 8-9 year olds which was a bit overwhelming. Getting to know them all takes time and energy, so I honestly am a bit tired and therefore also not as active here at the moment. I love my work and love kids so it will be okay, but this week was intense. I also enjoyed the nice weather outside, just sitting on the patio watching the sun go down is a treat. Wonderful♡
@spectacularSunrise7824 oh what a handful to try to get to know all them. Do not worry about a thing, we got this covered.
My week was ok. No big problems, no big highs or lows.
@Lauren63 sometimes no news is good news! Glad you are okay.
@amiablePeace77 great quote. I think finding our purpose in life is dependent on discovering who we really are beneath all the layers this world has applied to ourselves.
Sometimes we have to take off the layers of paint to see the masterpiece revealed as it always is, although not always visible.
@amiablePeace77
Much like everyone else, I had ups and downs. Ups with relationships, downs with health. But I'm working toward getting answers and then taking a plan of action to get myself well, so I guess that's all I can do at the moment.
@thoughtfulmomma yes a plan of action and doing things seems to avoid the constant worrying of what am I going to do.
Exercise has made all the difference this week helping me deal with all the nonsense.
@Tmbg I totally hear you. I do exercises, Tai Chi, yoga and stretching and it helps me relax. Did you ever try 5 minute Tai Chi in youtube. It is free and very easy.
Beautiful quote.
During this period, I am going through a very difficult time, as I am subjected to pressures and threats in my work, once with dismissal from work, once with a salary deduction, and at another with a transfer to another place. My colleagues at work always convey to me bad news and bad words that my bosses say about me at work, I do not know if my colleagues are telling me this with the intention of helping me or increasing the pressures that I face on me, but the result of all this is that I cannot bear and lose my temper permanently and I feel chronically sick. I also face some difficulties in postgraduate studies, as a result of the approaching of my exams, the sudden increase in the research that I have to study, my constant feeling of difficulty reaching the stage of registration for masters and doctorates, and my constant feeling that my dreams will soon collapse and my career is destroyed.
@DinaElwy I maintain a healthy skepticism of what coworkers say about what boss said. Where I have worked people play mind games. If I heard the boss say it or write it, then I take it seriously.
@amiablePeace77
my weeks are becoming worse. My daughter and I are at polar opposites with the political situations going on right now. Never did I ever think a thing like that would separate us. But she's becoming unrecognizable to me. Finding it hard to even communicate without any arguments. I feel I have lost her. Sorry to be down... is there a chat room or place to go for this? Feel like I can't be the only one these days
@creativeMelon4785 Hi I believe that many families are having similar problems. I have a friend who is on the opposite politcal side with her daughter. She told me that she doesn't discuss politics with her anymore to stay away from fighting over it. I hope that things improve with your daughter.
@creativeMelon4785 sorry that your family is divided by politics.
Here at 7cups there are guidelines to avoid religion and politics because they have been so divisive. Maybe at home you can call a cease fire and stop talking politics. It may not be the politics that are the problem really, but it may be a front for other problems that lie beneath the surface.
My gift is my brain which tells me I wasted a lot of time and no one at 7Cups cared if I was here or not. Don't mislead people who are in dire straits that anyone at 7 cups cares about them
@Lauren63 I am sorry you are feeling uncared for. Everyone has moods like that. When I hear that story in my head I try not to take it seriously.
