tgwstw: Well, I reckon ya can't know real happiness til ya know real shittiness.
Way I look at it, life keeps throwing 'em, ya just gotta keep batting 'em outta the park.
When something less than inspiring happens to me, I simply tell myself that after today, there is another day and so on.
Things are only prolonged if you let them be. Easy to say but it really is as simple as that, once you understand that each time you get a kick in the nuts, or lack of them it makes it that much easier to recover.
ok i'll try telling that to my son and daughter in law about the death of their baby, sure it will make them feel better.