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No one really expects bad news. At least I don't. I try to be  pretty positive person; I feel like by my being positive, I'm helping others to be positive as well. It's all about your attitude about things, which coincidentally was what the sermon I was listening to this morning on my way to work was exactly about. My mother let me borrow a few sermons on cd by Joyce Meyer, who I mentioned a couple blogs ago. I quoted her on Facebook this morning because her words were especially poignant for me today. She said (repeatedly), "Your problem is not your problem; your attitude about your problem is your problem." And she's so right. How we react to the trials of life reflects how those trials will effect us.

Everyone has problems. Especially now as we see the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it's evident that some peoples' problems are far larger than others'. I can't imagine the heartache, fear and utter loss that some of the people in NYC and NJ are going through. I can't imagine waking up one day and realizing that everything I ever had is gone. It's these kinds of things that make me examine my own problems and really take a step back and see them for what they are.

All that said, it's still hard to face unexpected problems and bad news without some level of worry and trepidation. My husband and I are in new territory right now and despite knowing that it's not uncommon or untreatable, it's still scary. It's hard to know how to react when you know something is wrong but you have to wait to find out exactly what. But, in the grand scheme of things, it's a small roadblock. We are happy, mostly healthy and fortunate to share the life we do with the friends and family we have.