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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 6:17PM

A LESSON TODAY: When you think you have it bad...

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When you think you have it bad, just remember, somewhere, out there, someone has it worse off than you.

Today, I went to the work center.

I have to do this every other Monday.

I had designed a spreadsheet for my case worker awhile back to help track his cases much easier.

Friday he called me to help him fix some formula deletions he had accidentally done which I did over the phone.

Today, he told me, that he dialed a number on Friday that he thought was mine, but wasn't and when the person answered, my case worker was like "My spreadsheet is broken!"

The person on the other end said, "That's nice, I'm being evicted!" and broke into tears.

Case worker spent about twenty minutes on the phone talking to this person and had him come down to the office on Monday, to get this person some help.

A good deed, didn't have to do it, but he did.

He's a good person as well as a good case worker.

We talked some more after that and it hit me, right at that moment, though I am out of work and seemingly am too ugly to work for most companies but everyday, I wake up breathing, I have my health for the most part and when I get mad, I can go outside on my own two feet and randomly punch someone in the face.

My shoes might be a little older than most but I still have both my feet to put shoes on to.

I saw a man in a wheel chair today who had lost one of his feet to the diabetes.

I still can see fairly well and a blessing is, when I take off my glasses everyone looks pretty.

Even the ugly people!

My case worker told me a story about how at his church last Sunday, the pastor asked if there were any thing to raise up for prayers.

This woman stood up, she had many health issues, half of her body was partially paralysed from a previous stroke, kidney problems, heart problems, liver, etc. etc.  and she was going in for a life saving surgery this week, one of those surgeries there's a higher percentage of you not coming back from then coming back.

After she sat down, the pastor asked if there was anymore prayer requests.

No one else raised their hands.

After that lady, someone's kid talking back to them and such just didn't seem that big in the light of that situation.

Always remember, there are people out there in worst situations than we are, take time to try and help those in those situations if you can, make this world a better place for our generations and future generations.

Good night and have a better tomorrow!

 

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If you can help your caseworker, perhaps you can help others in state government, even if it's Indiana. Think about how you can expand your market potential there.
Tink ~ thanks for your thoughtful post about what's going on in the world with plenty of misfortune all over the place. When it comes to helping people the old idea of "what goes around, comes around" and that can work both positively and negatively. I prefer the positive approach. (In addition, there is The Golden Rule we all know: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.")
That was a good caseworker, to switch gears that fast and help that soul that fate put in his path. That might sound trite, but fate puts you where you need to be, sometimes, when you're needed there.

Tink, I like Lefty's idea. We both know Indiana could use an upgrade. Take your spreadsheet to ManPower or whomever it is that does unemployment stuff and give it a go. Peddle it in Kentucky, too. Hell, build a website and sell it nationwide.
You told me this story and now that you have written it it is even more powerful.
HUGGGGG
This is a life lesson that is always necessary to remember when we think we've got it bad. I remember the worst day of my life, I found a little bit of weird, sick joy in knowing that because it was cold and sleeting and generally miserable that a lot of people were feeling bad that day. Kind of the opposite of your lesson but it helped.
rated with love
I want a spread sheet to help me. I am not unemployed, but my husband is.

Straight up: Good story. Too many people need help these days and as you said, there are people out there worse off than I am. I have many things to be thankful for.

Hugs
"My spreadsheet is broken!"
, "That's nice, I'm being evicted!"
He found her a space of time to discuss the utter proximate horror
Of her future. He is a hero..

‘’Always remember, there are people out there in worst situations than we are, take time to try and help those in those situations if you can, make this world a better place for our generations and future generations.”

True, friend , but here is where I shall take my scalpel to your fine sentiment…

How many of them could write?

Hm?

How many could perhaps use their writing to solve some problems, like , oh, you!?
Ha. Terrible burden.

Can you shoulder it? I sure can’t.

I would rather dwell with the unfortunates and beat myself up for being a loser.

I hope someday I realize that like you, I got a gift.
Aint sure how to use it tho.
"My spreadsheet is broken!"
, "That's nice, I'm being evicted!"
He found her a space of time to discuss the utter proximate horror
Of her future. He is a hero..

‘’Always remember, there are people out there in worst situations than we are, take time to try and help those in those situations if you can, make this world a better place for our generations and future generations.”

True, friend , but here is where I shall take my scalpel to your fine sentiment…

How many of them could write?

Hm?

How many could perhaps use their writing to solve some problems, like , oh, you!?
Ha. Terrible burden.

Can you shoulder it? I sure can’t.

I would rather dwell with the unfortunates and beat myself up for being a loser.

I hope someday I realize that like you, I got a gift.
Aint sure how to use it tho.
lefty, I tried helping our current governor under a bus, he told me, GO AWAY KID, YOU'RE BOTHERING ME!! :D

designanator, thank you and you're welcome. The Golden Rule seems to get ignored a lot!! Good rule to live by. ~nod~

phyllis, ~nodding~ I'm trying to think of some money making ideas, not just for me but for some others in my life. I'll keep everyone up to date on future posts!! ~nodding~ :)

Linda, ~nodding~ I thought I'd share it!!! Needed to be shared!

~hug~

RP, ~nodding~ Those days are the worse times but the best times for me to go out into public. You never saw people run so fast than on those days!! :D

Auntynae, yeah, I want something to help me, but maybe a Word document!! :D

~hugs~ ~nod~

James, that's my problem, I don't think I have a gift, I'm my biggest critic, have been since I was a wee lad, and consider myself to be a big loser!!

Someday soon, I keep hoping to change that!!!!

(BTW, you have a gift too, you damn writer you!! KEEP IT UP AND NEVER LOOK BACK....or up, I'm not sure why on the up, maybe birds pooping!! :D)
Firechick, hey, you have watched my earlier days in porn!!! ;D

~BLUSH~ :D
you're an exemplary fabulous and sexy little kittycat and I'm relieved you have a nice human being for a case worker. otherwise I'd have to consider taking a senior bus over to your state and batting some bureaucrats around with my walker.
what a lovely, touching post.

I know nothing about such things, but if there is anything peddleable in your spread sheet, or if there are similar ideas that you have... I have a friend who was teaching computing in schools. He devised some software for teachers and parents to keep up to date on the kiddies and put it out there for donations. He got so many he quit his job and went into the thing full-time, even employing a summer student sometimes, developing and selling some other school-oriented programs, and has become independently wealthy. Okay, independent anyway. Thing is, it was a small item he began with, noticing a need, that brought in a little money on the side that turned into self-employment.

Perhaps you could put together some computer programs that would help some people in these government offices?

Hey, and god (or whatever) bless that case worker!
No doubt most Americans have it better than much of the rest of the world. I bitch because it looks like too many politicians, banksters and corporatists would like to see it otherwise.
Foolish Monkey, nope, no need for that!!! They're nice to me, but if you want to, you can help me bust some politicians in the face!! PFFFFT!! :D

Myriad, ~nodding~ On all counts!! I'm trying to figure out something!! Better the world and my pocket book!! ~nodding~ I've put myself out in offer to some politicks who I agree with their politicks but so far, no offer. Said, I'd do it for a penny day which I would then donate to the Cause!! Still...:*( :D

Tom, ~nodding~ A lot of politicks I'd like to throw into the ocean, lead weights tied to their ankles but that's a different post all together!! :D

I know I couldn't work in like the unemployment office. They're just the poor saps trying to help while the politicks do their battle of words like little bratty school children.

Is it legal to spank the politicks who act up? Seriously, be like, GET IN LINE YOU POLITICKS!!!! TIME FOR SPANKING WITH AN IRON ROD!!! :D
"...make this world a better place for our generations and future generations..."


OK.

good lesson plan
And I was just sitting here thinking ... I wonder what lesson Prof. Tink has for us today. Turns out its' a damn good one. And you know what? I think the State should have a union job for Spreadsheet Formula Fixers. I really do.
Pardon my grammar, I know it should be it's ...my finger slipped and I'm on drugs, okay?
I sometimes remind folks (not like your church lady) that at lest they weren't born a few centuries earlier or in one of the many countries today where disease, starvation and militia gang operate freely. It seldom works though.
Tink - Someone ALWAYS has it worse - its the life lesson of 70 years. And that caswworker is one of the "gummit leeches" some of our brethren are always complaining about.

Good luck friend.

r
The older I get, the more it drives me nuts when I hear whiners going on about how difficult they have it. People like that should spend some time in a soup kitchen or a hospital where there are for real problems.
Good luck to you Tink. You've got a good attitude and a good heart. That should count for a lot. Maybe not enough these days, but it should.
Damn Cat, my old friend, I know just what you mean. Drove two hours today to spend some time with an ex-soldier dying in the palliative care wing of a vets' hospital. All the way home, I counted my blessings (even as the 18-wheelers on the four-lane were trying to run me off the road).
Tink, I have the entire Tinkerertink69 adult film collection. It's a collector's item -- got it at a yard sale. My favorite one? "One Night in Bangkok Makes a Hard Tink Humble."
you are an awesome person...just sayin'...
Why does everybody seem depressed tonight? Even you Tink.
I'd scratch you behind the ear, if I could reach.
This is my favorite post I've ever read of yours- and I've read (tried to read) a lot of them. The caseworker didn't have the wrong number afterall. Man, this made me really happy. I will remember this tomorrow when I sludge through the day. Thanks so much!
You deserve a Valentines Heart in Gold. Imagine this to be golden then.


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But Tinky! There's no PROFIT in just helping others for free.......! It's.....it's...... why it's downright un-'Merikan, that's what it is!!!

Damn cat oughtt'a be investigated, that's what.......

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Not to go all Buddhist on you, but Thich Nhat Hanh has a ravishing meditation on how good it is to feel your feet as they contact the ground. Wait....stop laughing! It has shifted me out many anxious moments. The next time you stand up, focus on the sweetness of your healthy pain free feet touching the floor, bearing your weight, holding you upright. Take a step. You is alive, baby :-)
You nailed it. No matter how unfortunate we have it, its easy to find another dealing with concerns greater than ours. While I was unemployed, lost my house and had to make numerous changes, I am healthy. It took a harsh life lesson for me to see clearly, or more clearly.

When we can reach out to another and help them we can't grasp the good it is doing, it feels good to us, but it may be saving, quite literally, a life.

And I think you clearly have some marketable talents that could be turned into cash!
I'm number 31 on the comment list so not much to add, except that your message gave me a lift when I needed it. R
hey, where's Tink?! or have you just been dippin' in the catnip with your glasses off?
((Bob;))
Thanks Tink. You put some great perspective on this old world this morning. Keep the faith. (I've got my phone interview with California unemployment tomorrow morning). But it could be worse--a lot worse.
another AJ, ~nodding~ I thought so!! :)

jane, ~huge hug and lots of gropes~ You'll discover it soon, trust me, I play a doctor on TV!! :D

Scarlett, me too!! ~nods~ :D Or one of them jobs where I stand on the side of the road with a shovel not doing nothing. I want that job!! Them guys get the big $$$!! Why? Have no idea!! ~:D (And heck on the ITS IT'S didn't even notice.....brain dead myself!!! I'm doing laundry the last few days........just decided, DAMN THAT PILE OF CLOTHES IS STARTING TO DEVELOP SENTINT!! :D)

Abrawang, Nope, people just wanna bitch and moan. ~nod~

toritto, only took me forty!! ;D And yep, he's one of the gooduns in the gubermint tape!!!

Chrissie, yep!!! Hospitals, especially children hospitals, are the worst and best places, you'll discover real sadness in such places and still, they wanna play!! ME TOO!! IT SNOWED!!!!! :)

jlsathre, it still counts!! When they come for ya, to take you away to the rubber room, it's best to just smile and nod, and sing, "ON THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP..." :D

Boaner, them truck drivers can sometimes be mean!!! ~nodding~

Firechick, that's my favorite too!! :D

trig, ~nodding~ And that's how we keep on going my friend, that and free porn on Open*(loving the ad I'm getting now!! She has nice boobs!!! :D)

Michelle, ahhh thanks, so are you!! ~nodding~

Jack, I don't know, maybe love is in the air, love depresses me!! ~:D

diana, I send you a purr!! PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! :D

Trudge, ~nodding~

Tiffany, ahhh, thanks! And you're welcome! I do write some stuff don't I? :)

Algis, you da best!! Thank you!!!

sky, it's okay, today I'm back to being a money grubbing Katalist!! ~:D

heron, no laughing here, but an amen and all that!!! Another 'Good rememberance' take a breath, feel it, the air, it means you're alive, or a ghost possessing a live person, either way, better to be alive!!!! ~nodding~

asia, thank you very much! ~nod~ I have something, not sure it's marketable but...:D

Gerald, then it was worth it posting it!! You're welcome. Today's post probably won't be inspirtational, but it needs to be posted!!

Julie, I've been huffing paint thinner!! MY GOD THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH STARS!!!!

Walter, good luck!! I've learned a lot in my days as an unemployed whatever I am, should write a book about it, get on those talk shows, like Maury Povich --- I THINK MY BABY'S DADDY IS AN AUTHOR...Tink, you ARE the father!! :D
Whenever I think I have it bad, I remember somebody else has it better. But then I firebomb their ass and I feel better. I love a happy ending!
being reminded to keep a sense of perspective and show appreciation always a good thing- even if the reminder comes from a mad stoned cat.

you're one of the good guys...
Harry, ~nodding~ That works too!! ~:D

I loves you too Sheila!

Ian, I try!! Not too hard though!! :D