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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6156531" data-attributes="member: 19675">(I'm in the same boat- can't giv Nellisir any XP right now.)There is nothing wrong with venting about one's problems.&nbsp; Indeed, it isn't healthy to bottle things up- blowing off steam helps keep you sane.One of my past pastors gave a sermon about how a person bemoaned the size of the cross he was carrying*.&nbsp; He was told to take his cross into a room and exchanging it for any other one he wanted in there.&nbsp; He walked in, put his down, and looked around.&nbsp; He saw all kinds within the room, and finally decided to pick up a modestly sized one and walked out, happier.It was the one he walked in with.Its hard to keep perspective.&nbsp; When you are down in a foxhole, struggling with your problems, it can seem as if the world is really gunning for you.&nbsp; But when you get out of your foxhole and look around, your perspective gets restored- what felt llike a bombardment may have been just a light rain of shrapnel compared to what was coming down 20 yards to your left.The criminally underappreciated Neneh Cherry wrote a song, &quot;I Ain't Gone Under Yet&quot; , about a young woman living in poverty addressing someone who is looking down on her because of her station in life.&nbsp; She points out that, despite her poverty, she has avoided the pitfalls that claim so many in her position, that her attitude is one of forward thinking and vision- one of the lyrics is:* for non-Christians, it is the cross Christ carried to his own execution, used as a metaphor for the burdens in one's life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6156531, member: 19675"] (I'm in the same boat- can't giv Nellisir any XP right now.) There is nothing wrong with venting about one's problems. Indeed, it isn't healthy to bottle things up- blowing off steam helps keep you sane. One of my past pastors gave a sermon about how a person bemoaned the size of the cross he was carrying*. He was told to take his cross into a room and exchanging it for any other one he wanted in there. He walked in, put his down, and looked around. He saw all kinds within the room, and finally decided to pick up a modestly sized one and walked out, happier. It was the one he walked in with. Its hard to keep perspective. When you are down in a foxhole, struggling with your problems, it can seem as if the world is really gunning for you. But when you get out of your foxhole and look around, your perspective gets restored- what felt llike a bombardment may have been just a light rain of shrapnel compared to what was coming down 20 yards to your left. The criminally underappreciated Neneh Cherry wrote a song, "I Ain't Gone Under Yet" , about a young woman living in poverty addressing someone who is looking down on her because of her station in life. She points out that, despite her poverty, she has avoided the pitfalls that claim so many in her position, that her attitude is one of forward thinking and vision- one of the lyrics is: * for non-Christians, it is the cross Christ carried to his own execution, used as a metaphor for the burdens in one's life. [/QUOTE]

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