Cough Drops.

I am sitting in bed totally relaxed and having some time to go over the day.  I cannot, for the life of me, fall asleep.  I could go for a run, read a book, or sit there completely thoughtless while eating a cough drop.  Yes, I cannot sleep and have no desire to do so.  So anyway, back to the cough drops ( I promise there is a point).  Halls amazing ability to make me happy did it again.  On the wrapper it says fun things like "High-five yourself," "Dust off and get up," "Don't wait to get started," and "A pep talk in every drop."    All I can say is, thank you for the uplifting little moment, Halls Cough Drops.
Here goes it.  I, like everybody else, has made a mistake.  That is why the atonement is so amazing.  It gives you a little push to start over.  In a way, the atonement is a little pep talk to get up and do better.
I know I already wrote that pivotal "A year ago today" type of blog, but, wow...times change and so do people.   We win some, we loose some, and sometimes we barely scrap by.  It doesn't matter what you are going through.  Everyone is going through something.  Chances are, they are going through the same thing as you.  If you do not want to have pity on others, do not have pity on yourself.  Yes, we get it, life is hard...but guess what.  It is for just about everyone else.
With those hard moments, there is always something good that comes out of it. Every cloud has a silver lining, dang it.  It gets better.  It might only be better for a day until something else happens...but it gets better.  These waves of good things and bad things are almost like gravity.  What comes up must come down.  So have patience with yourself, others and the situation.  You can only control yourself.  It is up to you to make life worth living, or to make yourself and others around you miserable as hell.  So I sure hope you try to make things worth while.  It is so much better.  

I used a lot of cliche phrases in this post...