Spyder, you gave us another gem. We've all been guilty at times of looking at life as either good or bad with no gray areas or colors in between. You're so right, with the exception of those with a mental illness, we can all choose the colors we want life to be. We can choose to look at the obstacles as life lessons or we can choose to let them absorb our lives impacting us in a negative way.

Gratitude for sure is important when it comes to life. If you're grateful for even the bad things, you will realize that you can't control what's happening outside yourself, you can only control your reaction to it. Fantastic read.