"Some folks seem to enjoy the attention and dwell in the down for as long as they can for the attention the "comfort" the pity". I'm sure there are some people who do that. Think carefully. Do you do this?
"When you are knocked down or fall down do you bounce right back up because you don't like that "there"? I always get back up. American history (Read it) is full of people who always got back up and still get back up. This is one of the reasons why the United States is 245 years old and still going. No matter how hard some people try to destroy this country (from the outside and from the inside), it continues to bounce back.
