It's not life-or-death

Put things in Perspective:

I have found it to be very helpful to remind myself

-- each and everyday -- how trivial most things really are.

Whether it's dealing with bills,

 crabby or demanding children,

a messy home, pesky neighbors,

a barking dog, an overwhelming schedule,

a traffic jam, an unreturned phone call, weeds in the yard,

whatever -- in reality, it's all small stuff.

I watch the news and remind myself that the stuff I have to

 deal with isn't front page news. A vast, vast majority of the time,

it's not life-or-death. And if I see all the things confronting me as

small stuff instead of as a series of major emergencies, it's all so

much easier to deal with.

With perspective, life is smoother and more manageable.