When an Eastern sage was desired by his sultan to inscribe on a ring the sentiment which, amidst the perpetual change of human affairs, was most descriptive of their real tendency, he engraved on it the words : — "And this, too, shall pass away." It is impossible to imagine a thought more truly and universally appliable to human affairs than that expressed in these memorable words, or more descriptive of that perpetual oscillation from good to evil, and from evil to good, which from the beginning of the world has been the invariable characteristic of the annals of man, and so evidently flows from the strange mixture of noble and generous with base and selfish inclinations, which is constantly found in the children of Adam.

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Been a bad year around my house. A brother-in-law, diagnosed with leukemia a year ago, is dying in front of our eyes. Sent to hospice today. Doubtful he will see Christmas. My 86 year old mother's health recently took a radical turn for the worse. She is now in rehab. Another brother-in-law had a heart attack and nearly died and is also now in rehab. Sadly, nothing but glum faces around here.

So far, 2017 has been a relatively good year. I have had to attend a few funerals, but overall the family is healthy and I sometimes have to remember I have so much to be grateful for.

The last 4 days of 2016 until today have been the 2nd hardest year of my life. Hopefully this phase of my life is over by spring.

Lost a job
Dad died
Father-in-law died a week later
Step-dad diagnosed with onset dementia
Found out my sister was molested by dad
Nearly saw my marriage collapse
Diagnosed with PTSD

2017 can pound sand and eat a full bag of dicks.

The year has been good! As one said "not all butterflies, etc", but it could have been worse. I'm thankful for how the year went. For those of you who got divorced, I sympathize. That's an event that truly sucks the life out of you! to all of you, I hope next year is much better!

2017 has been a good year for my family and I.

I was a warehouse manager for a 3PL company (3rd party logistics) where I was unhappy at for various reasons and was recruited to work for my customer and made the move in July. I'm now an actual employee and not a contractor, received a sizeable raise and opportunity for very lucrative amounts of OT (I am salaried but can work weekends and after my shift if I want.) My new company offers free tuition reimbursement and a lot of other perks as well.

I got to meet my favorite musician of all time and that was an awesome experience!

I sold 3 guns that I decided I didn't like/want anymore but bought 7 that I like/want along with a bunch of accessories and ammo.

I've paid my credit card debt down and should be able to pay it off by the end of January.

One more major life change that I hope to post about soon.

All in all, 2017 has been a good year for my boys and me and I look forward to another good year in 2018.

Good and bad. I lost two of my best friends but I also bought my first 1000cc superbike and I now know what it feels like to ride a missile....it feels really good!

2017 hasn't been horrible, but it was probably below average for me, based on work and health.
2015 & 2016 were worse - my Dad and my dog died within a month of each other in 2015 and my Father-in-Law died in 2016.

It's been a mixed bag, but things are on the upswing.

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Desiderata

A lovely sentiment, and a long time favorite poem of mine.

Awesome year!

2017 has been a great year for us except we haven't gotten to see the grandkids as much as we would like.

Have travelled to 3 bucket list places, met new friends, grew closer to family members, still enjoying retirement and still healthy.

Need to exercise more and lose 15 lbs.

As has been said, Hillary is not in the WH and Gorsuch is a Supreme. Life is good!

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Good year - not all rainbows and butterflies, but a good, solid year.

Sounds about right.

Bad. Wife passed in August from cancer and I'm waiting for the results of a bone marrow biopsy for leukemia.

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Originally posted by Camper:
Bad. Wife passed in August from cancer and I'm waiting for the results of a bone marrow biopsy for leukemia.

Sorry to hear that. Hope you get good news.

Not so good.

a stressful job has turned out to be even more stressful and my new boss is a huge problem.

Almost adopted a baby but it didnt work out and the baby had terrible health issues and passed away.

Mother in law broke her hip and isn't doing well.

Terrible health problems for my wife, we still don't know what is wrong exactly and it's getting scary.

School is a major pain in the ass with everything going on but I can't be promoted without a degree even though I'm more qualified than anyone else for the job.

Due to no fault of my own I will get a shit raise and bonus this year

Not the best year I've ever had, but far from the worst.

I have lived all but the last three weeks of 2017.

So, it's a good year.

I look forward to answering a similar post in the first week of December 2018.

If it had been any better, it would have to be illegal...

Best to all who have had a rough go of it...

In spite of a few bumps in the road, 2017 was a great year for my wife and I in our second full year of retirement.

I am saddened to read of the problems that many of you have revealed on these pages.

My wife and I pray for the righteous who face the storm.

Mike