Yes, I agree that even non MI or those with a physical ailment still have a hard, long road to travel. But wouldn't there be a large population of people that do not have such hard roads to travel? I guess it's those people that my envy is based on. but come to think of it, everyone around me has had sucky things pile up on them. Hmmmm... I really haven't lost a child to illness like one couple I know. I haven't been uprooted from state to state like other friends I know. I know another couple that the wife is under such stress from her job that it makes her physically sick. Hmmmm.... maybe i'm the one with the easy life. never considered that. It is possible that people around me have always been a little protective and had given me the chance to not drown.

I wonder if I do the same for them? Now I feel totally selfish!