Right to family life Puns

Just wondering if we're living through an unusually stressful and busy period of human existence, which is hopefully cyclical and will calm down, OR it's just me and my responsibilities overwhelming me. I'm OK with either possibility, or any other you can think of. I'm grasping for some idea of how long this will last so I can cope better (?).

Source: Julie Bosman, of NY Times. (Also Dr. Nancy Messonnier)

More: "The data over the last week and the spread in other countries has certainly raised our level of concern and certainly raised our level of expectation that we are going to have community spread here." Source

Outlook for coronavirus in the U.S.: CDC is "preparing as if we are going to see community spread in the near term," says Dr. Messonnier on media call. Source

From BNO - U.S. CDC: "We can have community spread in the United States and have it be reasonably mild, we can have community spread in the U.S. and have it be very severe. So that's what we don't completely know yet." Source

U.S. CDC: "We're asking folks in every sector, as well as people within their families, to start planning for this, because as we've seen from the recent countries that have had community spread, when it hit in those countries, it has moved quite rapidly." Source

Audio of the briefing

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>Kevin Huerter: "The NBA does a good job of making $100 million seem like not a lot of money. To the rest of the world, my friends, my peers, my family, even $1 million is a lot of money. I tried to keep that in perspective throughout the whole thing. It's life-changing money."

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>Kevin Huerter on the reaction from his teammates on his new contract: "There were a lot of jokes today, obviously. I had to remind a lot of people in the building that they have a lot more money than I do."

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I visit Morocco often and get very upset and offended when people there believe we have a luxurious life and tell me “I wish I can live there”. It makes me question whether they ever had family/friends in the U.S or know how us Muslims lived there. They have no idea of the struggles/hardships and trauma most of us endured, especially someone like me who grew up in NYC and experienced 9/11 and the life post 9/11 as an Arab Muslim. The constant fear, anxiety, threats, bullying, prejudism and attacks we experienced was overwhelming. Not to mention the high expense, tough life and stress here. So I am curious. For those of you who lived in Morocco and had family members in the U.S, did they tell you life was good? What did you assume? Did you know they struggled or was it all roses and peaches for them? Hell maybe my experiences are just not norm but it was absolute HELL for me and its the reason why I cant live in the U.S anymore.

Edit: Most people here have probably already interacted and saw this post but because I mentioned it in another comment below I wanted to add the reason that inspired this post in the first place. Just yesterday a terrible incident happened with me and another Muslim family where people at a store teamed up against the mom and tried to have ACS take her baby girl away just because she was Muslim. The mom was so terrified, didn’t speak English, crying and you shouldve seen the smirks on their faces and they were laughing the whole time! They enjoyed the pain they were inflicting on the mom. I stood up to them and told them the Police was coming to review the footage and after giving them heat, they gave her baby back. Shit like this is what kills me and it never ends. I dont want to to deal with another racist incident. I am tired of the hate. I thank God I was there yesterday and I swear to God it was like Allah wanted me to be there to help the mom. This country is absolute shit. You always think they are coming for you, they want to attack you, take your family away, your kids away. What kind of life is this??!?

I want to cry with hope and joy.

labour.org.uk/manifesto

I’m literally sitting in my car sulking and tearing up and feeling like i genuinely have no one and nothing to lean on when Be Above It comes on and my entire perspective changes.

>“Do not simply believe whatever you are told, or whatever has been handed down from past generations, or what is common opinion, or whatever the scriptures say. Do not accept something as true merely by deduction or inference, or by considering outward appearances, or by partiality for a certain view, or because of its plausibility, or because your teacher tells you it is so. But when you yourselves directly know, “These principles are unwholesome, blameworthy, condemned by the wise; when adopted and carried out they lead to harm and suffering,” then you should abandon them. And when you yourselves directly know, “These principles are wholesome, blameless, praised by the wise; when adopted and carried out they lead to welfare and happiness,” then you accept and practice them.” – Siddhartha Gautama

I want to emphasize that I respect Buddhism and everyone who practices it. These series of posts are simply questions I have regarding if I should embark on the Buddhist path. This life is too valuable, I'm not wasting any time pursuing something which I cannot make sense of or find unreasonable. The only thing I'm interested in is the truth – therefore I seek to understand before I engage.

Why would you ever want to get out of samsara?

I'm coming back from the dark side. This last Christmas, I was diagnosed with moderate depression and panic disorder. Before this episode, I could not for the life of me understand why people would choose to end their lives; suddenly I knew. Being plagued by horrific feelings of derealization, depersonalization and utter loneliness, heaven had suddenly become hell.

However, what brings me back to the light is life itself – it's too beautiful. Love, not only from those around me but also strangers, is what brings me back. The miracle of existence is awe-inspiring. Life is too beautiful and exciting to leave. There's too much to explore, both outside and inside. I only have one shot at this life; I'm not going to waste it.

You have lived and suffered a million times, that’s why you’d want to get out!

No. I’ve only lived once. I don’t remember having lived in any previous lives – this is just an ancient doctrine to my knowledge. I find it very difficult to accept the idea that I have to sacrifice this life to get out of samsara just because some guy 2500 years ago says so. That’s blind faith.

If rebirth is real, and goodhearted people, Buddhists, want others to get out of samsara, why don’t they set out to scientific

Life planning for transes: "Gun, pills, train, or bridge?"

I’m stressed and emotionally tired, as well as busy with college apps and school. What can I watch on Netflix, YouTube, etc. to take my mind off of my stress and worry for tonight? My mom and I have been arguing and the last few days I’ve been staying with family and there’s been a lot of angry emails and I’m honestly scared and tired. I don’t wanna fight with her, I don’t wanna create problems. I just want everything to be okay and normal.

Life has just been getting the better of me, and I feel like nothing has been going my way, I have a great family and friends, but I just sometimes don’t know how I can get through these shitty times. I don’t understand why everything goes wrong. I’m just emotionally drained and scared and tired.

My decision flip flops every day and I need some outside perspective! I was given an offer to work for an incredible company in the SF Bay Area and I know this would be an incredible career opportunity for me, not to mention something I am passionate about. Husband and I, and new baby girl are happy in MN (successful jobs, home, great friends, etc.). Family is in Chicago and Milwaukee area - so not too far, but not particularly close.

I keep thinking of the logistical nightmare of uprooting our life and trying to get settled in across the country far away from our friend network and even further away from our family, BY JANUARY 10!! The thought is we would move back 'home' to Chicago area in 2-3 years, but I'm worried once we get settled in CA we wont want to uproot again so soon, especially is there is baby #2 in the picture. Our plan was always to move closer to family in a couple years.

Husband can work current job remotely from CA, and finances wont be a concern. Big concerns are the stress of the move with a dog and baby (likely rent for a couple months then buy), finding new baby and dog sitters, doctors, etc. Basically re-establishing our entire network. Also being away from friends and family will be really tough.

Pros are loving the job and having an incredible opportunity to live in the SanFran Bay area and have a great adventure! I don't think we will ever have an opportunity to do this again (timeline with kids, etc) - now is the time.

Is this adventure worth it?!?! We're happy how we are now.

I guess that’s one more thing you thought I’d be dependent on you for forever. But I figured it out. Just like I figured out all the rest of the stuff as well. If I can do all that on my own since I was a kid, then the problem was never me. It was you refusing to teach me life skills and then getting upset when I couldn’t do them perfectly. But you knew that. That was the point. To make me feel weak and helpless. I’m pretty strong and adaptable all on my own.

I’m doing pretty great without you or any of “your help”.

Edit: omg 🥺 I’m overwhelmed by all the love and kind words!! Thank you all so much for these comments, they made me happy cry. I’m going to try to reply to everyone tonight but I might not get to, so I just wanted you all to know how much it means to me that you did 💓 You’re all so sweet and amazing! I’m glad you’re someone’s family, I would’ve love to have people like you in my lives while growing up

I honestly didn’t think anyone would care about this. I just posted it because I was feeling accomplished but I didn’t have anyone to celebrate with yesterday. After years of trying to figure out the recipes and missing the food, I just decided to do it myself even if it didn’t work. And I’m really proud that I actually did!

Thank you for being the family I want and giving me the support I always needed. It helps while I heal from these wounds, more than you can know.

I love you all from the bottom of my heart 💓 if I could, I would invite all of you over for dinner to share a plate