They
say in life we have ups and downs. And they say it comes in three’s.
But what happens when life keeps ripping the carpet out from
under you and doesn’t let up? It’s like somehow my life
turned into Jaws Revenge, where Jaws chased the family from New
England all the way to the Bahamas! They say to look to find
the lesson or the good in your circumstances. Sorry but after so many
hits, I can only find humor. At least that is something. The
Spiritual squeeze started for me over a year ago. I found myself in a
bad apartment situation. Where the woman next door loved her music on
loud all night. And the man upstairs sounded like big foot. And no he
was not god, just a man that stomped around and so did his company.
After a while of not sleeping you start to feel like Jack Nicholson
in the shining or maybe one flew over the cuckoos nest! The landlords
never care! They just want their money! I tried talking to
the
neighbors and they got defensive and it didn’t help. So i
decided to move.
Moving
is never fun! It’s a lot of work. They say moving is a
traumatic experience! And let me tell you it’s like going from
the frying pan into the fire! As soon as I moved there was issues
with the sinks and birds nesting in the wall! Let’s just say
basically it was a dump. But I wasn’t there to stay. I just
wanted to save some money! This place was also loud! People slamming
doors. The hardest thing with this place was the landlord didn’t
want to fix anything. He would tell you to fix it yourself most of
the time. Cheapest man I ever met. The roof could have collapsed and
he would have blamed it on someone else. But it will motivate you to
make you move quick! Let’s just say i decided to get a second
job and move right out of there! I was also having challenges at work
with my full time job. It was very stressful. I told my counselor
that all areas of my life are just pushing me into a corner. My
counselor said welcome to the spiritual squeeze. I was like do you
mean welcome to the Jungle. I wonder if this is what Axel Rose really
meant when he wrote that song! It felt like a joke from god. I was
waiting for someone to jump out and say you’ve been punked! I
mean why is everything in my life so crazy! My counselor said the
spiritual squeeze is when god wants you to change your life! All
areas of your life! And until you do something about it, the heat
will just keep coming on you!
Fast
forward a year. It’s time to move again! But this time I was
done with apartments! Never again would I live in one! So I bought a
house! Everything seemed good until moving day. The seller didn’t
know what day it was or where he was. He went from zero to 100. Nice
one minute and then he would snap. The place was a mess. It
stunk. He never took the garbage out and it was filthy. But the real
banger is there was fleas! And the seller knew because there was flea
spray in his cabinet. The fun part is when I really went full
throttle and started spraying for fleas and ripping out carpets. They
wanted revenge and went after me. It felt like a scary movie. . Now I
know why he left his cat and was in such a hurry to leave. I was
mad
at first. I thought why me. I thought I would get a break. I started
to feel does it really pay to be a good person! These dirty and cheap
people get away with everything. Then I started finding
solutions. Calling pest control and handling all the fires
that
everyone else made. I decided well at least I can sleep at night! I
know I do the best I can do every day and that is more than most can
say. I am not the type of person that will ever give up. That is why
as a kid I was called cat woman. I fell down a flight of stairs and
landed on my feet. Always have and always will. When you’re
going through the tough times just remember god knows you’re
strong. He only challenges the strong to make you even tougher! He is
just polishing his diamonds in the rough! Just keep finding
the
humor in life! You have to! It’s the best way to survive this
crazy world!
