Every day there are moments of joy!

What a wonderful outlook on life! I'm glad that you posted it here because it might just help someone else see that there are things worth living for, even in desperate times. All anyone has to do is open their eyes and look around! I share your philosophy. On days when I hurt so badly I can barely move or even pick up a bowl of chili because it just hurts too much, I think about the fact that I DO have arms that work, even if they don't work too well. When my legs and back are killing me, I think of all the people I've known who spent years or even their entire lives in a wheelchair! I think of people like Christopher Reeve (a.k.a. Superman) who, after his severely crippling accident which left him unable to even breathe in his own, still kept going! Then, there is Stephen Hawkings, the greatest astronomical physicists of all time who could not move at all! Yes, there really IS so much to be thankful for, even when life seems overwhelming. Just sitting back and feeling sorry for ourselves is the worst thing we can do. Sometimes, life knocks us down. The trick is to get right back up and continue on. We'll get nowhere if we just sit there and cry but there's a very good chance that something good will come our way if we keep trudging onward with our eyes open to all the good things around us. You're living proof of that! You lived in a cardboard box yet now, here you are, communicating with us on your computer from your home. It may not be the very best you could hope for, but it's far from a cardboard box! You go, girl! So much can come from so little, if we just open up our eyes and our minds! There is beauty all around us, part of us. Again, thank you for posting this great discussion!

That was such and eye opening post,thank you for that.You have such great out look on life and i think that is just wonderful.You are very blessed i am very blessed in so many ways my self.But some times i need to be reminded of that.

Sometimes we need to be reminded of things like that. Thanks so much!!

You are SOOO right! Been there with the hard times myself. I've eaten enough 20 cent boxes of mac n cheese to take me from here to the moon! But now I have a wonderful hubby a beautiful daughter and now a 6 week old son. They are where I find my greatest moments of happiness. Here is wishing you more moments of joy!

Wow, this is the best posting I have seen all day long, I mean, since I've been awake, 'cause it's past midnight here, LOL! Anyway, how inspiring! Thank you for giving me this reminder of life appreciation.