Success or failure?

WE'RE ALL MOSTLY JUST SLOGGING ALONG.

Some of us look successful but feel like failures.

Some of us ARE successful—but their lives have become super-complicated by it.

Some seem to have (fill in the blank: riches, an easy life, perfect love, perfect family, a perfect body, the best ...whatever).

BUT FOR MOST HUMANS, LIFE HAS BIG PROBLEMS. Sometimes it's crazy hard.

I recommend to myself that comparing my life with whoever seems to have it better (whatever 'it' is) better is WAY STUPID. What works better is being damned grateful that I have it so good.

And then I strap on my boots and be grateful that I have the strength to do the slog…and if not that, to at least breathe without pain.

Onward. May you and your loved ones be safe, and may you know joy.

(originally posted 2/16/21)