Hadley had a mosquito bite on her elbow.  It swelled.  It itched.  It was miserable.  We all heard about it.  Mosquito bites are not rare.  We have all known the misery those little insects can inflict, but life goes on.  

Last night, the top of a tree came down in the wind and rested across the power line, the trampoline and the ground.  It was intimidating and very rare.  Luckily, Elle saw the problem from inside the house and reported it without going out to investigate, which in hindsight is a bit of a miracle.  We called Rocky Mountain Power.  They responded.  The tree was removed from the power line and trampoline, and life went on.

Mosquito bites and toppled trees.  One hard to see, the other hard to miss.  One irritating for days, the other taken care of within an hour.  One uncomfortable, the other potentially deadly.  Problems, challenges, trials.  We all have them.  They come on a wide spectrum of intensity and carry their own set of consequences.  Some can be fixed, others exist to “fix” or change us.  Problems are a constant and often out of our control; our reaction to problems is the variable that is within our control.  Life isn’t fair…mosquitos bite and trees fall.  Our job is to endure the itch and fix the switch (that’s the tree).  Knowing what must be endured and what can be fixed is the key to the Good Life!  Having the courage and stamina to do the fixing is what makes Good People!  I hope you Good People have a Good Week.