I don't want to minimize my own personal problems and life issues but my gosh, when I read the news or watch it on TV, and hear about someone being stabbed 29 times, their throat slit, and then shot in the face, and a bat shit crazy (mentally sick) woman facing the death penalty for it... or about 3 woman, kidnapped 10 years ago and held captive and all the yuk that went with that, or about people who are waking up today and they are not able to be hugged or give a good morning greeting to a dear loved one that died as a result of a bomb at a marathon race, or 5 blocks of a small close knit community destroyed by a explosion at one of its main sources of employment... a fertilizer plant, or literally whole communities that were flattened by a series of tornado's that rolled through them, and very sadly read about a 12 year old charged with murdering his 8 yr old sister.... 

What was I going to complain about today?  What pity pot was I going to sit on?  How much does my life really suck today?  Which loved one was I about to give a piece of mind to?

I guess I need to grab a dose of gratitude and send up a strong prayer for some the many that don't live under my roof today...

Maybe as a by product, my Higher Power will put the boomerang effect in play and some of the mercy I send out will be sent back,  All I know for sure is that just for today I am going to avoid doing any complaining, I am going to try to refrain from indulging in self pity,  I am going to take stock of the goodness in my life... and I'm going to try really hard to keep my mouth shut and not inflict those I really do love and care about with a piece of my almighty mind.

I don't know about my day, but the day of those around me is likely to be a pretty good one.  LOL  Mine isn't looking so bad already.

John