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Federal Disability Retirement Benefits: Contented misery

Posted onMarch 22, 2017April 11, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Does the one who strives for happiness as a goal ever escape the bonds of contented misery? It is the ecstasy of a moment’s glimpse, and then the feeling is gone; for, such is the fleeting nature of a sensation, and more of an encumbrance than a plateau of embraced attainment. Can happiness be gauged, like a heart monitor, taking one’s blood pressure, or in that millisecond of pain in determining the glucose level through the pinprick of time? […] Read More …

Medical Retirement for Federal Employees: Day after day

Posted onFebruary 20, 2017December 27, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Is monotony a negative trait? How about consistency? What is it in life that we strive for, search out and look under stones and around corners? Is it possible that the life we already have, live by and daily “just do” is the one that is fated, meant to be, and of a satisfactory contentment such that change and disruption would be an unwelcome alteration? Why is it that much of our time is given to complaining and picking at dissatisfaction, and it is only when unwanted intercessions suddenly turn things upside down, create a tumult and travail of circumstances, that we then suddenly “appreciate” the simple things in life? […] Read More …

Civil Service Disability Retirement Benefits: Human activity

Posted onFebruary 15, 2017October 1, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

The dizzying pace of it all defies comprehension. We are, indeed, busy-bees, always engaged in this project, that protest, intervening in the affairs of others when our own are in such a state of disarray; up at it early in the morning and continuing until exhaustion sets in or wayward dementia in old age where even nursing homes impose human activity every night – bingo, dance, meditation, Tai Chi, family visitation day; not even a break for the aged. […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Employees: The factors to consider

Posted onJanuary 25, 2017February 15, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Whenever a problem arises, are you the kind of person who immediately rushes headfirst in order to “solve” it? Are you like a first responder who by necessity, duty or conscience of being, sprints to save and runs to resolve? Or, in contradistinction to circumstances that require thoughtless effort but urgent actions, do you consider the factors and ask the question, What criteria must be applied? […] Read More …