Learn the difference

If you break your neck, 

if you have nothing to eat, 

if your house is on fire, 

then you've got a problem. 

Everything else is an inconvenience. 

Life is inconvenient. 

Life is lumpy. 

A lump in the oatmeal, 

a lump in the throat, 

and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. 

One needs to learn the difference.
-Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)