It seems that we have pretty short memories.  And that is a good thing, right?  I figure that normally it is a good thing to have a short memory.  But right now I am thinking that I need to do some remembering even if it is to just yesterday in order to appreciate the way that I feel now as opposed to the way that I felt then.  It was just last night around 10 when I took my Lortab power pill to help me make it through the night.  And lo and behold, it was from that point until now that I have been virtually pain free!  It has been wonderful to work and to move and to just be without the kind of pain that has bothered me (yes, tortured me) for over a week.  I am still apprehensive because I don't trust my body to do everything that I need to be able to do, but I am noticing my shoulder and arm doing stuff on its own that I have been unable to do for several days.  Last night I did have my best night's sleep in a week.  And today I was able to just settle in and work.  Anyway, I realize that I don't feel the way that I felt, and my memory is weak and even non-existant as to that pain.  So good, I'm glad to be over it, and bad because I need to remember what it was like and how much I really appreciate the way that it is now.  It seems a thought that applies to life in general and not only to painful times, so examine it and gain what good it has for me, and always remember in order to keep being thankful for what is, and what can be compared to times when it wasn't quite so good.