Keeping Perspective

"When I hear somebody sigh that life is hard,
I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what??'"
--Sydney J. Harris

We like to compare our lives to those of people we think are richer, smarter, happier, better looking, more famous. Why don't we have a house like the couple's down the street? Why aren't we doing better at work? Why can't we find the love of our life?

We forget that there are plenty of people who look on us with envy. They would really like to have our job, live on our block, or enjoy our personal freedom. When we hear them talk about the things we take for granted, we remember that we have it pretty good after all.

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*Regina gave me a book of positive quotations, one for each day of the year. It's called "The Daily Book of Positive Quotations" by Linda Picone.