Proverbs 17-22 (RSV)

"A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones." Nobody is ammune to boredom and depression - it comes with the territory. But I think we are lucky to be here to be exposed to it since our existence is but a fortuitous flash in time and space. I have observed that those who handle it best are those with a sense of humor - those who can laugh at themselves - after all, nobody ever promised us a rose garden.