A wee bit of BS

Phew. What a difference a day makes. I can tolerate a lot. I can handle a lot of stress. I can work through a very difficult situation, or situations. I can handle being bullied. I can handle pain. I can handle uncertainty. I can handle being alone. I can handle other people's problems. That does not mean, however, that I am not thankful when those things end and there is joy, peace, health, kindness and other good things in my life instead. This past week I had a tremendous amount of pain for five days. It does not sound like a big deal. Yet it felt like it. It has been a while since I had that much pain for that long. It was so overwhelming it was hard to do anything else. So nothing was done other than getting a glass of water here and there. Sometimes the pain eased enough for me to get something to eat. Sometimes it eased enough to get a load of laundry done. But only one. I have learned through the many struggles in my life that I have strength. I am not stronger than...