Time ... A non rant...

[Deep C]

Being home for a break usually involves lots of work. This break is no different but I'm caught up and ahead on most projects and it has given me time... Time to think and ponder stuff. Time to get in touch with thoughts that otherwise get shelved when I'm busy.
I was just thinking about some of my posts that involve a little self pitty. Like my tackle theft threads. Yeah that stuff sucks then I sit down and watch the news for the first time in a month and a half... Things look different...
I see the Madoff victims wiped out. The people the charities taken for an unimaginable amount. Suddenly my couple grand worth of old stuff doesn't seem important. I ***** about slow cops then I sit outside and hear sirens. Somebody is having a worse day than me.
I ***** about having to put on reading glasses to read something then I get thinking about the blind old couple I met oon the train comming up from the Lauderdale Airport. I think of how I had to tell them which stop was what. I vividly can see them exiting the train, bags in hand and canes tapping away but perfectly happy. Maybe my 1.5's aren't such an inconvenience at all...
I moan when things aren't 100% on the boat I run then I see one getting towed with its waterline way below where it should be. I count the cuts and bruises on my body then hear of 12 injured or killed when their boat hit a parked tug boat... Skinned knuckles stop hurting...
I don't have a clue where I'm going with this. Deep ramblings or maybe just my way of saying to take the the time to look around and get a clearer picture where your woes and inconveiniences rank in the big picture. I'm doing that now and really feel blessed with the great life I am living and the great people I get to meet along the way be it on the high seas or right here on SFC...

[marlineer]

You're right, it really is'nt that bad!

[joeksr]

right on.

The sayin goes, I thought I had it bad cause I didnt have any shoes.
Then I met a man with no feet.

[BarryTurano]

Sometime we all need to look at others to see we are not as bad as we think. Self reflection is a good thing.

[Robja]

Nice read Paul. No matter how bad things may seem to us if we just open our eyes there is always someone who is having it worse.

[bigfish4me]

Deep....i look forward to the prose you let loose constantly, we all need some self reflection....this is what we are ALL about, some guys have the nads to let it out some bottle it up....keep doing what you do brother....i for one appreciate the insight into your life....Thanks my man...to quote john lennon..."we get by with a little help from our friends"... a man can never have too many friends.

[seapower]

Instead of looking around and finding someone doing worse, I like to look around and see that I'm doing better. If you get right down to it I really don't deserve the thing's I've been Blessed with, great wife, triffling kid's (but I love them),good health, sound mind, I'm able to work everyday, hunt/fish when I can. Really how does it get any better. Thank You Lord, Frank

[Proheat]

Yep Deep, well put.......well put!!!
Life is really pretty good when you just stop and take a look around and remember what alot of us take for granted.

[gottaflylee]

When ever I feel down or my body hurts, I remember my friend Millie who is a double amputee and gets around better than I do most days and my troubles go away. Then I remember the times she has told me about waking up in the middle of the night and forgetting that she has to put her legs on to go to the bath room and falls out of the bed...yep, I ain't nothing to complain about...

[whowantstoknow]

sometimes you really amaze me.....ive been outta touch for the past couple weeks on here..not by choice mind you but for lack of time....works crazy - life is doubly crazy and it is more then obvious right now after reading this.....that i have forgotten to look around. im not a big complainer but i do my share and over the past couple weeks ive probably done a little more then normal....thanks for bringing me back to focus....

samttosad anukmaha sukhah labha - through content supreme joy is gained....be happy with what you got and what your given...the rest is a blessing.....