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something I am grateful for today
Oct. 29th, 2019 07:36 pmmy life
Lately I have become keenly and repeatedly aware that pretty much everyone I know is having troubles -- most often health and/or financial -- and their problems all seem so much worse than mine. I mean, my life is not amazing and I don't walk around in a state of bliss. I have my share of frustrations and challenges, I have my moments of sadness or anger. But everyone else's life seems so much worse. Just like that old saw about how, if you could throw away all your troubles into a pile, and everyone in the world had to throw theirs into the same pile, and then you had to pick a person's worth to take back, you would choose your own. It sounds so glib to so many, but there is a mighty truth in there. I just never thought that The Ideal Life would ever look like what I've got, somehow....
Lately I have become keenly and repeatedly aware that pretty much everyone I know is having troubles -- most often health and/or financial -- and their problems all seem so much worse than mine. I mean, my life is not amazing and I don't walk around in a state of bliss. I have my share of frustrations and challenges, I have my moments of sadness or anger. But everyone else's life seems so much worse. Just like that old saw about how, if you could throw away all your troubles into a pile, and everyone in the world had to throw theirs into the same pile, and then you had to pick a person's worth to take back, you would choose your own. It sounds so glib to so many, but there is a mighty truth in there. I just never thought that The Ideal Life would ever look like what I've got, somehow....
