The severe storms over the last couple of days wrecked havoc and destruction on many. many lives.  Listening to the accounts of those affected on CNN, I heard a comment from a lady, which we all need to take to heart.  Her house and possessions were all totally destoyed.  As she was surveying it, she said, "It's just stuff, I'm thankful my family is ok."   Talk about a line we all need to live by.  Many times is a drug rehab program, clients are depressed and remorseful over all that their addiction has cost them.  The cars, houses, jobs, businesses, money are gone and replaced with debt. 

At some point it may be useful to remember all those things are just stuff.  Sometimes people lose all those things and they didn't do anything wrong or make bad choices.  They just lived where a tornado decided to touch down.  Stuff can be built again.  Money can be made anew.  How many of the things in your life right now that you are worried about ultimately just involve stuff?  What is the %?  I'll wager it is at least 50%.

If you remove that 50% you will get to things that are far more important to you, and that can actually make a difference.  Relationships with others.  Focusing on your ability to work and contribute.  These are areas that if you increase your skill level while you are in a drug rehab program, you will have made an effective change.  Drug rehab is a great placed to demote "stuff" to it's proper place in life.  Stuff is secondary, people are not.

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