As close as I've come to losing my life at least 3 times in the last 10 years and also coming into contact with folks that are in true trouble in their lives. When I had to have surgery on my foot and i met people in the hospital that were having their feet amputated, that's when I got the first clue about someone always having it worse than me. When I met the trucker who had no legs and only had a trunk and arms and was a long haul trucker, that's when my pity party ended.