Below Par

I'm still not hitting on much this week. I have determined that I have a case of the flu since I am aching so badly. Keni says I may have gotten it from having the shot. I am better but still not up to par. I shouldn't complain since there are so many people who are in much worse pain than I. Sometimes, I think we are very selfish thinking more of self than others. I am trying to do better though. Whenever I hurt, I am focusing more on those who have serious illnesses such as the husband of my very good friend who has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; I think of one of our church members who has just had colon surgery; I think of my good friend from PA whose granddaughter just learned that she must lose her entire colon and possibly her rectum (she is only 16); and, then I just remember how blessed we are to have a mere cold or flu and I am ashamed of my own selfishness. Amazingly, some of these folks have a better outlook on life than those of us who have no serious illness of which we are aware. Perhaps most of us need an attitude adjustment.