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#280991 11/15/06 10:01 AM
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I've always wondered why it is that certain types of trouble comes in batches. Sometimes it appears as just a run of bad news or bad luck, but sometimes it's odder. Am I the only one who has experienced a week where technology goes haywire, or anything mechanical is certain to break? I seriously doubt it. Why does this happen? Is it the stars in a certain alignment, or is it vibes we give off? There are just some days (weeks) where I should not handle glass for instance... breakage rates soar! Please help solve this mystery of my universe!


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#280992 11/15/06 10:10 AM
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If we didn't have any bad days, we would never be able to appreciate the good ones.

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that's certainly true, but it doesn't explain why my washing machine, car and fax machine all decided to make that point on the same day! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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I have days like that too...I tend to put it down to astrology, or sometimes PMT <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Today had that potential but seems to have turned around- whew! I had an annoying set to with my credit card company who had charged me the wrong interest rate, finally got that sorted with much 'please hold the line' went to the bank & had to wait behind local shopkeepers banking bags & bags of pennies, then got home & found I'd missed a delivery. I could feel myself getting a little irritated, but decided to stay cool & philosophical about it. Half an hour later the delivery man rang & asked if I could receive the parcel now as he was changing his route & would be going back past mine <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Lots of gorgeous aromatherapy products to unpack now...

Of course if you get flustered when things start to go wrong you tend to 'go off centre' & the whole lot escalates from there <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I like the positive stance Socorrista is taking, so welcome to the forum with your calming outlook <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

#280995 11/15/06 04:20 PM
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when these things happen, I just think that maybe God wants me to do other things or he's punishing me for putting off washing my clothes for another day or something like that... or maybe that an accident will happen on the intersection that you always take to work, and that God doesn't want you in heaven yet, so He made your car unmovable. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Acoosh, while I don't know if God cares whether I do my laundry or not (at least I hope that's true, since I am currently ignoring a pile of it in the hamper!! <img src="/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" />) I can confirm that very often when I've been really frustrated behind a slowpoke driver, I will be blessing him/her instead when we pass the radar trap ahead! Sometimes not getting what you want is the best misfortune you could have. I agree that if we try to go with the flow in God's time, or with the divine etc. we are far less likely to get our knickers in a knot (to borrow a Brit expression Lauren! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />) I will aspire to that degree of coolness... aromatherapy has got to help! T


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Karma.

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I get my knickers in a twist Trishh <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> But not so often these days!

Yep Karma & just maybe avoiding something that you really don't deserve may be part of all of this.

I just noticed the aromatherapy order had way too many creams & massage oils & was missing some other components. I rang the company & they are sending the missing items & letting me hang onto the extras as it was their fault. Keeping your cool & being nice about things that go wrong really pays off <img src="/images/graemlins/music.gif" alt="" />

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Yes,Lauren, keeping one's cool when faced with sorting out difficulties sometimes does pay off. You're so right. I am persisting in my pleasant pursuit of understanding currently with the cell phone company. <img src="/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />
I was raised with a Christian version of karma I think Alexandra... if I was mad at my mom and thinking bad things I would link that to pinching my finger in the drawer soon after. I am not sure what I believe in that regard now that I am older... certainly being distracted by anger might make one less careful and therefore more prone to injury. Although I am a firm believer in one eventually reaping what one sows, I am not sure what to make of your suggestion that karma might be responsible for why I have within 24 hours broken both champagne glasses I have treasured for several years. (and no, smart ones, I wasn't drinking at the time!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />They just fell out of the cupboard quite independent of each other.)


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There's also the angle of 'life doesn't dish out any more than it thinks you can handle'. It sure is hard sometimes though!

I've had one heck of a summer... computer breakdowns (one almost immediately after getting a 'new' computer from the last one), my BF lost his job and ours bills all got behind, both of our vehicles broke down to where we were without transportation for a little over a month, and on and on... up to and including my grandfather dying (the first close relative to me dying when I was old enough to remember it).

But I'm still here, I'm still slogging on, wading through it all, and things are even looking bright now with a number of prospects on the near horizon.

Life is a test, and I firmly believe if you can pass through the hardships, you garner the rewards later.

Yes, both computers died on me. But now, my BF and I both have shiny new laptops, and mine is better than both the old computers combined.

Both our vehicles broke down... but now, instead of those two old vehicles, my much nicer and newer car is fixed and on the road again.

All our bills got behind and things were being turned off with no hope in sight to get them paid... but karma or whatever you want to call it stepped in, and my neighbor asked to buy part of our property, giving us enough to not only catch up on all our bills (and get my computer), but also to bring a beautiful young African Grey parrot into our lives.


So yes, trouble seems to come in batches... but it seems to always be followed by a batch of good. I just pray my good batch lasts at least as long if not longer than my bad batch!

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