Daily Whine & Shine - June 2, 2008

Daily Whine & Shine - June 2, 2008

by Marilyn Mackenzie

Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. That's especially true if you're one of the many who suffer from an invisible illness. We have whines and rants about pains, medical professionals and prescriptions, just to name a few. Perhaps our families listen; perhaps they don't. Even if they do, they get tired of our complaining, even if they claim to understand our constant struggles. Or if they don't get tired of our "negative energy" we think they do or will.

So here we are.  What's happening in your world today?  Are you grumpy about something?  Or so angry that you could spit?  Tell it here.  Here at the Daily Whine & Shine, it's acceptable to rant, vent, complain, stomp your feet, throw a tantrum and shout, "Oh shuckie darn!"

Wait! Don't go away. Do you have some good news to share? Great. This is the place for that as well. If you're celebrating, dancing, and yelling, "Yippee skippy!" please share. Sometimes knowing about someone else's happiness gives us a bit of hope for ourselves

Today is National Rocky Road Day

Tomorrow is Repeat Day

June 4 is Old Maid's Day

June 5 is Festival Of Popular Delusions Day

June 6 is Teacher's Day and National Applesauce Cake Day and my sister's birthday!

Food for thought:

People only see what they are prepared to see.  ~  Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?   ~  Abraham Lincoln

The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.   ~  P. J. O'Rourke  (Think about that one!)