What A Wonderful World.

[Sigmund]

Hola.

I was sitting here in my study feeling sorta crappy. Having a pity party for myself. (No surprise. I didn't invite anyone. )

But then my Pandora kicked in and I heard Louis Armstrong singing What A Wonderful World...

I listened to the words/lyrics and I thought to myself...snap out of it! Idiot!

I have a son. I still have my parents. I have my baby brother. I have a ton of family and friends.

There are so many people who are experiencing monumental grief, terror, pain and horror... RIGHT NOW!

So, I say to all...count your blessings. Appreciate what you have. Live it, love it and think about others who don't have it as good as you do.

Peace.

 

[danie]

Karen Carpenter is one of my very favorite singers, and this short song says it all for me. There's a long piano introduction, then her words will make you thankful for the life you have.

 

[Sigmund]

Karen Carpenter is one of my very favorite singers, and this short song says it all for me. There's a long piano introduction, then her words will make you thankful for the life you have.

Thank you, danie .

Peace.

 

[fushingfeef]

I recently heard a great quote that helps overcome self-pity and comparing ones self to others who have it better.
“The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.” -Louis C.K.

 

[Sigmund]

I recently heard a great quote that helps overcome self-pity and comparing ones self to others who have it better.
“The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.” -Louis C.K.

Hey, fush!

How are your girls? You and your wife doing okay?

It was really cool you were asked to do the reality show. Soooo glad you all turned it down.

>>hugs<<

 

[Grandpa]

My epiphany came as Grandma and I walked through a local mall. They were having a Gold Wing (Honda touring motorcycle) display, and we wanted to check out the bikes.

So we were doing that, and were stopped at one bike that had gotten a lot of TLC and was really showroom. On the other side of the display, a young man pushing a wheelchair came up and stopped. In the wheelchair was a man who had ALS or MD or some terribly debilitating problem. The young man was talking to him about the nice points of the bike, and the afflicted man was answering in a way that wasn't intelligible to me and weakly gesturing in his very limited and very awkward way.

Grandma and I walked away to the next exhibit. Tears were stinging my eyes (and they reoccur now as I remember this). All I could think was, "What the hell gives me the right to complain about anything?" I was moving around, under my own power, thinking more or less intelligently, in a physical, environmental, and temporal state that 99.9% of the humans who have ever walked the earth would be happy to have.

A little perspective can go a long way. I stopped complaining about the conditions of my life at that moment.

 

[fushingfeef]

Hey, fush!

How are your girls? You and your wife doing okay?

It was really cool you were asked to do the reality show. Soooo glad you all turned it down.

>>hugs<<

Hi Sig! Great to talk to you here, I don't want to hijack the thread, but we're all doing great! Going to NYC in 2 weeks for a toy show, just the four of us and the Big Apple, should be a blast!

 

[Sigmund]

Hi Sig! Great to talk to you here, I don't want to hijack the thread, but we're all doing great! Going to NYC in 2 weeks for a toy show, just the four of us and the Big Apple, should be a blast!

I am so excited for y'all!

Send us photos of your trip!

(Send MONEY!!!)

 

[fushingfeef]

I am so excited for y'all!

Send us photos of your trip!

(Send MONEY!!!)

 

[CriticAndProud]

I consider myself lucky to avoid the pitfall that befalls many of my brethren and sethren (I just made that up) in that I don't do the whole "woe is me" teenage mopey-angsty-bull that seems to be so popular.

 

[EMARX]

It is a beautiful song but also a swift kick in the a$$ for me every time I hear it.

 

[KingAHolic]

I think all it would take would be a visit or drive through of an area where folks are under privileged and you'd realize some things. Even more so if you actually roll up your sleeves and get involved.

 

[Sigmund]

It is a beautiful song but also a swift kick in the a$$ for me every time I hear it.

So sorry, EMARX

Wanna talk about it?

>>>hugs<<<