One of the things I have always liked about myself is I am very empathatic. It is easy for me to put myself in the other person's shoes. Another thing I have always liked about me is small things make me happy and grateful. A pretty day. A good laugh with a friend.

The other side of that coin is that I can put myself so much in someone elses place that it depresses me. There was a show on PBS recently about a white gorilla called SnowFlake. SnowFlake's mom was murdered by poachers. He was just a baby. The only reason they didn't kill SnowFlake was because he was all white - he is an albino. So they show SnowFlake as a baby and for about 2 or 3 months he lives with this human family. And then they put him all alone in the zoo. In a bland concrete box. He was just a baby and no one was there to hold him or hug him or tickle him. I just cried.

So how do I keep the good part of that coin and not let the bad get me down?