Purr: Thanks for your kind wishes; trip is going well and it gives me an important reminder about finding my own joy each day. Sometimes easier said than done, as we all know too well, but I'm feeling better this morning and looking forward to a wonderful day. I hope you have a great one too; the power to make it great or not is within. I just read something online that I want to try to remember--disasters don't happen. Pain happens, but if we choose to see the events in our lives as disasters rather than learning opportunities, we miss what's essential for our growth. I don't believe this means learning is easy or quick, but I do think it means we can let the events of life lead us to just the pain, or we can use the events of life to gain insight into ourselves and others, and life in general. It may be a long and rocky road, but we decide our reactions to what life throws at us. Will we be victims who wallow in self hate and self pity, or will we use these moments as valuable, but painful, opportunities to learn?
