Keeping Perspective When You Have a Really, Really Big Problem: " Social conditioning teaches us that losing someone close to you, getting a divorce, or being diagnosed with cancer are huge, life-wrenching issues. But that's merely the ego's perspective. In the grand scheme of human existence, such problems are about as common as dirt."I just started following this blog, based on a link that looked interesting. The site is a little touchy-feely, but this quote resonates.