No offence to Yellownana here, I was thinking about this earlier and you just happened to be the one that said it but I don't really like it when people say, "put things into perspective" and give a list of other terrible things we should think of. Of course, those things you mention are simply awful for those involved but we all have our own problems and however little or big they may be in the grand scheme of things they are our problems and highly significant to us. Plus, it's hard to appreciate something like a your friend is going through if you have no involvement or experience of it yourself.
Anywho - I'm always in a grump. I have more moody days then good mood days and this has now become the thing my bf sings at me when I've got a cob on. Sometimes it works, sometimes I want to lamp him. :o)