Yesterday I made a stop to the health food store to buy some raw honey. I picked up a couple of books on juicing as well. As I approached the checkout counter, I saw the store owner speaking with one of the customers, well she was the only other customer in the store besides me. As I walked closer to this woman, I could not help but admire her style. She was really dressed to impress, especially for a Saturday afternoon when most women are running errands and looking like it too. Lol. She had a perfect Bob cut with red highlights, her make-up was perfect, her diamonds sparkled, and her outfit looked like she had just stepped out of Bloomingdale's.

I walked up to the counter and spoke to the both of them. The store owner commented on how everytime she sees me I have a smile on my face. The other woman, I'll just call her Anne for now, asked what my secret was. I was really shocked because this question was coming from a woman who clearly looked like she had it all and she asked in such a way that made me think she was looking for a release from life itself. Well I answered in my regular animated way by taking a few breaths and told her I was just happy to be breathing. I told her that I'm always smiling because I have so much to be greatful for and that I look at life with the philosophy that no matter what I have going on, there is always someone who has it worse than I do. The store owner agreed and Anne replied, "Well yeah. That works for people who actually believe that." What? What was this I was hearing? Nothing much but just what I too often run into. Someone who did not realize how good they had it no matter how bad things may seem in their life. I was speaking to someone who hasn't yet grasped the fact that you are the master of your own destiny and that karma is alive and kicking. I was speaking to someone that obviously didn't make habbit of being greatful for what she does have but made regular practice of crying over what she didn't. I went on to remind her that she is one of the fortunate, that I am one of the fortunate. I reminded her that instead of being so priviledged to be able to stand and have our conversation, we could be laying somewhere in a hospice care center holding on to our last breath and praying that breath somehow gets multiplied. Anne's reply? "Well I always think about the people who have more." I kept smiling and advised her that those people who seem to have more have problems too. This woman was clearly deep in her own misery despite her jewels and expensive clothes so I just kept smiling hoping that my smile with infect her with the blissful plague of happiness.

 Thought not just for today but for everyday:

Stop your crying. Never say "Why me?" Be greatful for what you do have and make what you want happen. Life's too short to complain over what you have control of and there's many more bigger fish to fry instead of complaining over what you can't control. If you've got it bad, there's alot of other people who have it worse. Make it happen and smile while you're doing it....