I woke up battling negativity. Had a restless night & some bad dreams. Don't know what got me started, but I was looking at the down side of everything. The thought of coming here and not having anything positive to say made me feel bad - and I wouldn't come here and write fake cheery stuff. So, I made myself snap out of it.
As Fubar said, no matter what our trials are there's always someone worse off. I have no reason to feel sorry for myself. As the morning went on, I got busy doing things and forgot why I was so miserable. Of course it would be unnatural to expect everything to be sunshine & rainbows every minute of the day - but now when I start to slip into self-pity mode I catch myself before I waste the whole day being 'poor me'.