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Tough times, part 8
 Someone said to me recently that tough times are getting tougher. I pondered. Do they get tougher or become tougher? And just how is it to be measured? It is a sliding scale, this matter of toughness. For some it is as tough as it can become (or get) and that makes it the toughest. Certainly toughest is tougher than tough but the sliding scale depends upon the individual's ability to handle tough, not tougher or toughest. Certainly no one who handles tough badly can handle tougher, making tougher toughest, in that case. And if a person is handling times being tougher, then that person may have been handling tough well.
But can it become (get) the toughest for those who are handling tough and tougher? Tougest is tougher than tough, right? So where does the misery end? Is lard the answer to what will make us happy during tough times?
Tough times, part 7
There's an old saying: When things get tough, the tough get things. Wait, that isn't it. Here it is: When the going gets tough, the tough get goint. Yes, that is it and doesn't it make sense in these tough times? You have to be stronger, not wiser, when tough times arrive, no less when they stay. You have to flex your muscles and get to it, whatever it is, and do it, whatever must be done. This is no atmosphere for the weak. Get going, be tough in these tough times. Don't just breathe, growl. Don't just walk, trot. Step everything up a notch, maybe two notches. These are times for us to show whoever needs to be shown that we can survive, thrive and strive, no matter the hurdles we must jump. Tough times are good for your circulation, too. A recent survey revealed that more people had less problems with circulation during tough times than those who had trouble with circulation when times were soft, easy and downright lame. We can turn this thing around, people.
Tough times, part 6
So just when you think you are getting used to the toughness of the times along comes a day that becomes tougher than the day before. This makes you wonder: "Will the days get tougher and tougher until they defeat me? And when I am unable to fight back, to survive, will my life be over? If so, how long will it take for me to die after the defeat?" The negative thoughts come faster than a runaway train hits a parade and that counter-productive situation drains you of the very energy you need to fight these tough times. One muse be able to harness enough sunshine to blow up one's behind to ward off the thoughts of destruction that can destroy you. Finding sunshine for self-blowing purposes is more difficult than ever. It is as tough as all the tough things in these tough times. Sunshine is everywhere when the sun is shining but can we all share it so we can each have enough to blow up our behinds and quash the destructive thoughts?
Tough times, part 5
 Be that as it may, and it may or may not be, we are deeper into tough times than most people want to believe, for to believe times are this tough is to admit there may be more tough times ahead, or imagine that if times become tougher we will all implode without warning.
How to deal with times this tough is something even Charles Dickens would not know. He wrote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." But Dickens didn't know of time that were not bad and good, like these times, these tough times that are void of anything easy. What would he write today? It would have to be: "It was the toughest of times, it was the toughest of times."
That would not go well with anyone, though it would be true.
Tough times, part 4
Just how tough is tough? For some tough is rougher than for others and for others rough is tough. But these tough times have not had mercy on those who have more than others. For those with abundance, tough has had its affects.Tough is not as relative as you may think, because tough times make ripples and ripples reach those who a lot of people think are beyond being touched by ripples. Like Jesus said, "A stone in a pond creates ripples that reach to the shore." Well, maybe it wasn't Jesus who said that but it should have been because the whole ripples thing needs to be understood by all of us, living and dead.Ripples are rough and they reverberate to all walks of life. Rough ripples shake the foundation and in tough times those ripples can fracture a foundation. This is what we are all feeling in these times, in this new millennium which grows older by the day. It is so important that you accept that these tough times are being shared by those around us, away from us and without us.
Tough times, part 3
During tough times it is difficult to become motivated on a Monday. During very tough times it is even harder to pick oneself up --no less someone else-- and dive into actions that may make tough times less tough.
Mondays are the worst days during weeks during tough times because for most people they are the start of another week of tough times and that is a burden that most people despise during tough times. Tuesdays are a bit better, Wednesdays better than Tuesdays, Thursdays way more pleasant than the day before, Fridays ripe for expectation of a good weekend and Saturdays are the portal to drunken stupors, the savior moments of the week during tough times.
The trick to beating the weight of Mondays during tough times is twofold.
First, you can pretend it is Saturday and get pee-eyed drunk. Second ... well, maybe there is only one trick.
Tough times, part 2
Tough is right. This morning in a bread line I was told they were out of bread. How humiliating is it to be in a bread line that runs out of bread? That is just one more instance of today's tough times. We all remember easier times, right? There were times when you went to a store to buy groceries and the store owner ran the joint (in fact he smoked a joint) and you could run up a bill just for the freaking sake of having credit with the place. Those days are kaput and let me tell you that the kaput pile is heightening.
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