One of life’s ideal coping mechanisms is to understand the difference in between a trouble and a trouble. If you damage your neck, if you have absolutely nothing to eat, if your residence is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is a trouble. Life is bothersome. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oat meal, a swelling in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of swelling. One needs to learn the difference.
Robert Fulghum, American writer and Unitarian Minister, Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
