{"id":5790,"date":"2008-11-23T20:14:50","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T03:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2008-11-23T20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T03:16:14","slug":"if-you-are-going-through-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5790\/if-you-are-going-through-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Are Going Through Hell&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m lucky&#8230; very lucky.  I live in a great place that is insulated from the harshest realities that face many communities out there.  I get a paycheck and not a commission and I&#8217;m 20 years from caring about the stability of my 401k.<\/p>\n<p>I feel for those that are not as lucky and suggest that you follow the advice in this song by country star Rodney Atkins.  I have seen many of our local Realtors immobilized &#8211; most have never seen a down market and no one has seen the historic crap we seem to step in every other day.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d be a fool to take any real estate advice from me, but you&#8217;d also be a fool to think that there is nothing you can do to make your situation better.  Like the song says, &#8220;keep on going.&#8221;  Do something &#8211; read this blog, attend a course, try a new marketing trick, or find a song that motivates you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=91OQwco7a58\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/countrymusic\/1\/5\/0\/Z\/G\/ifyouregoingthroughhell1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video of Rodney Atkins &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=91OQwco7a58\">If You Are Going Through Hell<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Well you know those times<br \/>\nWhen you feel like there&#8217;s a sign there on your back<br \/>\nSays I don&#8217;t mind if ya kick me<br \/>\nSeems like everybody has<br \/>\nThings go from bad to worse<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d think they can&#8217;t get worse than that<br \/>\nAnd then they do<br \/>\nYou step off the straight and narrow<br \/>\nAnd you don&#8217;t know where you are<br \/>\nUse the needle of your compass<br \/>\nTo sew up your broken heart<br \/>\nAsk directions from a genie<br \/>\nIn a bottle of Jim Beam<br \/>\nAnd she lies to you<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s when you learn the truth<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re going through hell<br \/>\nKeep on going, don&#8217;t slow down<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re scared, don&#8217;t show it<br \/>\nYou might get out<br \/>\nBefore the devil even knows you&#8217;re there<br \/>\nWell I been deep down in that darkness<br \/>\nI been down to my last match<br \/>\nFelt a hundred different demons<br \/>\nBreathing fire down my back<br \/>\nAnd I knew that if I stumbled<br \/>\nI&#8217;d fall right into the trap that they were laying, yeah<br \/>\nBut the good news<br \/>\nIs there&#8217;s angels everywhere out on the street<br \/>\nHolding out a hand to pull you back up on your feet<br \/>\nThe one&#8217;s that you&#8217;ve been dragging for so long<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re on your knees<br \/>\nYou might as well be praying<br \/>\nGuess what I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5790\/if-you-are-going-through-hell\/#more-5790\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m lucky&#8230; very lucky. I live in a great place that is insulated from the harshest realities that face many communities out there. I get a paycheck and not a commission and I&#8217;m 20 years from caring about the stability of my 401k. I feel for those that are not as lucky and suggest that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16860,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16860\/unchained-melody-whose-heart-is-breaking-in-seven-year-ache\/","url_meta":{"origin":5790,"position":0},"title":"Unchained Melody: Whose heart is breaking in \u201cSeven Year Ache\u201d&#8230;?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always loved this song, and I finally figured out why: The narrator is actually male \u2013 just as the actual narrator of \"Angry All The Time\" is female. 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