GOOD PERSPECTIVE

                                 PUTTING THINGS IN PERPECTIVE

                        * I'M IN GOOD HEALTH

                        * DOLORES IS IN GOOD HEALTH

                        * WE HAVE OUR OWN HOME.

                        * WE HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD TO EAT AND CLEAN WATER TO DRINK

                        * WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENJOY FREEDOM.

                        * I LOVE MANY LOYAL FRIENDS.

                        * I DRAW STRENGTH FROM MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

     

                    THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF THE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN WITH ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I START SOME OF THEM FOR GRANTED! BUT I'VE LEARNED TO QUICKLY RE-CONNECT WITH THESE BLESSINGS... AND IT BOOKS MY ATTITUDE AND BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK ON COURSE. 

                      SO, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT LATELY? ARE THEY REALLY 'LIFE AND DEATH' MATTERS? THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE TEMPTED TO GRIPE ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS, PICK UP A PEN AND PIECE OF PAPER AND START LISTING ALL THE REASONS YOU HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL!

                     LET ME TELL YOU, IT SURE BEATS COMPLAINING!...

            REFLECT UPON YOUR PRESENT BLESSINGS, OF WHICH EVERY MAN             HAS PLENTY, NOT ON YOUR PAST MISFORTUNES, OF WHICH ALL                     MEN HAVE SOME.

                                                                                                ---CHARLES DICKENS