The Best Attitude Under BAD Circumstances

Originally Posted by Brett's Honey

I hadn't paid a lot of attention to No Doubt until RS first mentioned their hard work to get where they are. They did work hard to earn their celebrity status. I did see Gwen on TV presenting Sting an award on a show, and she showed a picture of herself getting an autograph from Sting when she was about 13-15 yrs old. She was a VERY chubby girl! She looks great now.

Drew Barrymore is the celebrity I think of, looking to one for inspiration. Yes, Drew Barrymore. As the child star of E.T, she was drinking and doing drugs by age 12 and seemed to be going downhill like a of a lot of child stars. Then she got it together, formed her own company making movies, and is doing quite well. After I saw "Riding in Cars With Boys", I have watched all of the movies she has made. They're more the type of movies I watch with my step-daughters than my husband or son, but they're good movies, with plenty of humor in all of them.

In real life, my source of inspiration is Elspode, and all of the other parents of disabled kids. When my daughter was getting cancer treatment, I saw so many people going through terribly tough times, and knowing they would always have to deal with it, along with worrying about who will take care of their kids when they're gone. When I was at my lowest, I always saw someone that I felt had it worse than me.

I saw Toby Keith on TV talking about what ended his feud with the Dixie Chicks a couple of years back. He got home one day and saw a Country Music magazine in his mail - the cover read "Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks - a fight to the death!" Then he got a phone call from his best friend from high school saying that he and his wife had just taken their 3 yr old daughter home from the hospital to die. Her childhood cancer had become terminal. That sure puts things into perspective!

On a lighter note, the moral of the story is when you’re down- look for inspiration – it’s out there!

When I was in LA working as an actor as often as I could I also had a day job, we all do unless you are one of the very lucky.
It was in a building in the Hills with Drew's, and a lot of other Name's, agent.
I saw her a lot in the smoking section, she is a very kind, gracious and hip person to hang out with.
We ran into each other a lot due to similar tastes, she likes second hand stores and swap meets.
You can pick em'.
My story is long and convoluted... I was cut a lot more slack in my youth by people whom did not need to. From people who I did not deserve it from.
As I posted before, I've been around a bit in my short time but have ended-up here, in chronic, debilitating pain for the rest of my days... and I'm ok with that.
When I dropped/was drummed out of seminary prep and found Buddhism I also learned two very important lessons that I should have learned from
Christ to begin with.
We are all one and the same, so I already know how they feel and don't deserve any better/they deserve as much slack as I do.
In this life Compassion is the only currency that pays interest.
y story is very long and convoluted... I started-out kinda' as a shit-heel and learned a lot from people whom did not have to teach me what they did... I did not deserve it. I have been cut far more slack than I deserve, at least when I was a kid I was. I try to remember that when I deal with people now.
Something I learned for myself is that everyone has their own shit, their own pain and it is always subjective. Meaning, that it always hurts exactly the same. Your worst pain is exactly as bad as mine.
That is why I will accept no pity and will (I do my damnedest) give only love.