It is a horrible situation when a person who you thought was good to you becomes a self-righteous A-hole. Yeah, that person may have gone thru something but it is still not an excuse for what that person is doing to the others at work. The toughest part is knowing you are doing what you can and still being berated. The stress you must be feeling is incredible. I have no advice. The only thing aI can think of is to somehow talk with this person to get to the real story. Maybe somehow understand?

Even though you can see the sky, you can not touch it.

So, what is your point? Give everything and receive nothing in return? Not many who actually do this. I do believe some parents do this. When food is desperately low, parents will often sacrifice their own health to keep their children fed. Or take the bitter fruit while giving the sweeter one to their child. And the parent will not even think it is a sacrifice.

So, the question why do you suffer after all these realizations? Because the realizations do not deeply touch upon the truth of one’s existence. The experience of the essential silence of the spirit and not just the mind allows for wisdom and compassion to arise. And with it, the ability to handle joy and suffering in a way that allows for freedom.

One doesn’t become free from suffering but rather understand it roots and thereby understand how to handle suffering in a manner that allows for choices. One will still feel pain and loss. One will still suffer from the illness that afflicts all people. One is not in constant bliss. Rather it is a life lived with insight and wisdom and compassion to handle life’s incidents and events.

I wish you well James123. May your beliefs bring you peace.

There is no sarcasm in my post. I truly am sorry for making assumptions about Kris. I must have misread her post. And my posts were really over the line. Please accept my apology. I was wrong. You are a good person and very happy with yourself. Open to love and starting conversations. Have a wonderful life.

Kris said, “

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Then says, “Who says I’m not happy with myself? I never said I disliked myself. Actually, there’s a lot that I like about myself, like my passion, determination, my empathy, my creativity, ect. You don’t know that I’m not starting conversations or showing interests. I am doing both of those thing. I am open to love. Why do you assume I’m not? I feel like you’re making assumptions about me.”

If one is happy with oneself then why start a post with “My life hasn’t been great”? Needing a therapist and they died? Okay, sounds like a good life and you are very happy with yourself. My post was a general way to look at things. So great they don’t apply to you. You are so happy with yourself. Starting conversations and being open to love?? Depression therapy? Okay, nothing wrong here.

I really must apologize for my assumptions. You aren’t the person I thought you were posting about. My bad. I wish you well and have a good life.

I truly hope your find the freedom and happiness and the love you so richly deserve.

Breaking free of those chains that bind us to our past is worth it at any age. It reduces the Karma that might follow us into the next life.

Time and shared space makes us who we are inside. So I believe that whoever your mom was, she did love you in her own way. Deep inside feelings that don’t get expressed. She di love you. How could she not? How could you not? But circumstances take their toll on the human spirit. It shades our outlook on life. Our understanding of our lives are taken in episodes. Each re-enforcing the next. So, sometimes things get twisted that we don’t see the truth. Or we just can’t untangle ourselves from the experience to learn who and what we really are. The suffering.

Personally, I believe you have come thru your experiences that you have become a better person. You bring compassion and love into your posts. You take the time to help each person. And you agonize over the little things to find the truth. I hope that you will overcome your past to find the freedom and happiness that you so righteously deserve.