Geoff,
Thank you for this. I think if we all looked at things in this way we would be a lot happier. I know I wouldn't choose someone else's problems over mine. What a great way to see things. This kind of relates to the law of relativity and how all things are relative.
Every ones problems are relative to their own lives. It may seem that they have a big house, but they also have a big mortgage and when we look at it as being relative, their home may only be big to us and small compared to others.