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The grand scheme of things According to Chuck Lorre

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At the end of EVERY Chuck Lorre Show starting way back in the 1990s with Darma & Greg, Chuck placed what he calls Vanity Cards. They are usually just him being strange, silly or saying something he wants to say.  One of my favorites is the following, it just sums up my thoughts so well. CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #337 Whenever I've gone through tough times, well-meaning people have told me that God/the universe does not give us more than we can handle. Well, I've been going through a tough time recently, and sure enough, that old saying has been tossed my way on several morose occasions. After some careful consideration, I've decided it's bull$#*!. As an aphorism, it only makes sense in hindsight - after you've managed to crawl from the wreckage of whatever calamity that God/the universe decided to toss your way. No one ever uses it to comfort someone who's been hit by a bus or turned into a puddle of goo by flesh-eating bacteria (although in the right c