I am grateful for those of you who responded to last week's account of my recent hiking mishap.  Looking askance at my once-dominant hand in a lime-green cast, I asked how you deal with disappointing events and their implications.  

 When I embarked on the project of making lemonade out of these lemons, your responses sweetened the brew.  Here they are; I treasure them all.

• It is what it is.
• Everything happens for a reason.
• So many people are dealing with tougher issues (that put mine into perspective).
• Buck up and get over it.
• Find humor in the situation.
• Seek out positive friends.
• AFGO (another L  growth opportunity)
• Life happens when you have other plans.
• Breathe. Feel the fear, anger, and helplessness without trying to explain or escape.  Recognize that these feelings will pass without my intervention.  The more I fret and stew, the more they will hurt and the longer they will last.