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Volume 23 No. 16
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April 15, 2016
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"everybody Hurts" (excerpt)
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When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
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For the wife
Who says it's hot dogs tonight,
Because she is home with me,
And not out with someone else.
For the husband
Who is on the sofa
Being a couch potato,
Because he is home with me
And not out at the bars.
For the teenager
Who is complaining about doing dishes
Because that means she is at home,
Not on the streets.
For taxes
That I pay
Because it means that
I am prosperous.
For the mess
To clean after a party
Because it means that I have
Been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes
That fit a little too snug
Because it means
I have enough to eat.
For my shadow
That watches me work
Because it means
I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn
That needs mowing,
Windows that need cleaning,
And gutters that need fixing
Because it means I have a home.
For all the complaining
I hear about the government
Because it means that
We have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
Because it means I am capable of walking
And that I have been
Blessed with health and vitality.
For my huge heating bill
Because it means
I am warm.
For the pile
Of laundry and ironing
Because it means
I have clothes to wear.
For weariness
And aching muscles
At the end of the day
Because it means
I am capable of working hard.
For the alarm
That goes off
In the early morning hours
Because it means that I am alive.
And finally,
For too much e-mail
Because it means I have
Friends who are thinking of me.
Source: TIPS for Extraordinary Living, 11/17/13, Philip E. Humbert, PhD, http://www.philiphumbert.com
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"Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it." -Marcus Aurelius
"The thing that makes you say, 'I want to do something' -- that is the beginning of talent." -Stella Adler"Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world." -Eckhart Tolle
"Lineage, personality, and environment may shape you, but they do not define your full potential." -Mollie Marti
"You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to." -Robin Williams
"No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." -Louis Sabin
"The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself." -Paulo Coelho
"You first have to be willing to give what you want to get." -Jeanne Ray "Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come." -Richard Ford
"What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try and make his wife laugh." -Gillian Flynn
"Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory." -Franklin Pierce Adams
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." -Isaac Asimov
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