"Life goes easy on me... most of the time"

...and sometimes life is just a bit harder than I anticipated. When you're having a bad day it's funny what things make it worse. Like the teenage girl at work whose insults I really shouldn't let get to me, but do a little anyway. Or the perfectly valid call to change that somehow makes my self confidence take a nose dive. I've decided I'm going to stop praying for patience, because just like they tell you in church, your prayers are answered with opportunities to develop those qualities you so desperately lack. That process of refinement hurts, but it's one of those things that happens and then you look back and and are glad it did.