@lorirenee1 This is just for you Lori Renee because you're right ...things do get heavy and very sad. Hope it makes you laugh!! Goofy me 🤣

I have/had arthritis in multiple areas and have surgeries for same. No, it isn’t fun, but I think back to how my one grandma walked sooo slowly and had to do steep stairs to use only bathroom they had. She had misshapen feet, hands, etc. I am grateful that in today’s times we have surgical and medical options! It has gotten cold and rainy and I am laying on a heating pack. Another thing they didn’t have back in her time. My spinal cord stimulator for spinal stenosis nerve pain is a god given miracle, IMO! Yay for modern medicine!

Don't Drown yourself with others misery. This whole thing is hard enough living with and coping with pain. Nothing can be improved by feeling badly about it. Find something positive to do. Do you meditate, do yoga, Tai Chi or some other form of mental exercise? They can really help. Perhaps try this. Picture your pain for our pain or everyone's pain as a person. See that person standing in front of you. Say to that person I love you and I forgive you. If it feel stupid do it again. Do it over and over until you actually mean it and you actually believe it. Do the same thing with anyone or anything that tends to depress you. This technique is really intended for dealing with your enemies, actual people you can identify but it might just work on a situation as well. If you want to know more about this kind of approach, Google Spring Forest Qigong and read a little bit about it. It can be a lifesaver.