How do you cope when LIFE turns sour?

Next time you have 'one of those days'

I hope it's one of those days

that a song brings a memory,

the memory brings a smile

and the smile brings

a warm glow of happiness.

I hope you have one of those days

when you look in the mirror and catch a

glimpse of the inner beauty

that others see in you.

I hope you have one of those days

that you realise how important you are

to those who care about you.

I hope you have one of those days

every day for the rest of your life.

Now, do you feel better or did you just throw up all over your monitor?

A number of years ago I found myself somewhere I never thought I'd be: In a maximum security prison.

I spent way too many years there and it damned near killed me.

Were it not for God and my wife and few friends and the good people I met behind the walls, I'd have died there.

So when life ain't perfect out here in the freeworld, I again thank God I have the luxury to choose when I will get up, when I'll go to bed, what I'll eat for lunch, the ability to drive myself to a drug store and buy some Emitrol when I'm feeling nauseous. The right to wear whatever clothes I want, the chance to get whatever job I'm quilified for and the right to quit that job if I so choose.

Dude, I gotta tell ya, any day and every day one is not locked up is a really great day!

Like the lady sang, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone..."

Well, I have been thru enough in life that most of the time, I can just look back and think about that, and realize that if I made it through, and I'm still reasonably sane and can laugh most days...life is still alright.

I usually just suck it up and keep living.

When you really consider the alternative, it's not very appealing.:p

Hope tomorrow is better for you-sometimes you just need to call it a day, get some sleep, and start a new one.

I go back to Safeway and ask for a refund.

Or maybe it was the milk that made my LIFE sour.

I hate throwing my LIFE down the drain, it just darn breaks my heart when I waste such an important part of my day.

Say F**ck it, and go to bed. Life may suck today, but tomorrow is a new day and usually it is a better one. Try finding something the makes you laugh, that always helps me. Hope you feel better!!!

"Just close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream, that's how I get by!" Cap'n Jack Sparrow

I just listen to my favorite song, sit in my bed, and take a good nap. Gives my body the chance it needs to relax from the stress.

I write in my journal and listen to my favorite music or I just simply cry.

I buy 3 cases of beer.

With the knowledge that tomorrow is another day.

MUSIC!! Listen to whatever you like and loose yourself it in for a while...it ALWAYS makes me forget whatever is going on....