“I never saw a wild thing (feel) sorry for itself.

A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”

– D.H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, and playwright

It’s human nature to assume our issues are more serious, significant or stressful than our neighbours’. To some degree, I suppose this makes sense as our problems are happening to us directly. Depending on who we are and where we live, those issues can run the gamut from finding a pair of matching socks to finding our next meal.

It is not my intent to undermine the significance of challenges you may be facing. While some issues we face are only frustrating or worrisome, others can be truly overwhelming: loss of employment, a death in the...

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