This Hilarious Thing Called Life

When your whole world is in shambles, it can be a little challenging to see the good. We all know the cliches like 'this too shall pass' and 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' are completely stupid, yet they're effortlessly tossed around. Lobbed your way as some type of consolation prize instead of getting what you wanted or keeping what you had.

The truth is, sometimes you just have to say to yourself, stop it, dude. Get a grip, life is for living not wallowing. But sometimes you have to let yourself wallow first too - and then you get on with the living. And that's ok.

I'm having one of those times in life now. But instead of letting my losses or my failures crush me, I look at what I have and man - it is so much more than the failures. And I've failed a lot - like A LOT - so that's no small feat to actually have more wins. So as I enter into the season of gratitude, here's a short list of things I'm thankful for:

• my kids
• my faith
• my career
• my education
• my parents
• my siblings
• my family
• my Netflix account
• my girlfriends
• Target
• the sunshine

You know, in no particular order. When I can make a list of 11 things like that, off the top of my head - what do I really have to complain about. (Note: this does not mean I will no longer complain).