Launching a Web site has been an adventure. It’s also been a reaffirmation of Murphy’s Law. When my site designer was available, I was sick. When I finally felt up to par, his wife needed surgery. When all the humans recovered, my laptop casing inexplicably cracked and even duct tape couldn’t save it. Before finding the Logo Co., the terrific firm that created my logo, I wasted nearly a month working with designers who never met a piece of clip art they didn’t like. And now that we’re finally up and running, we’re trying to work our way through the daily glitches that seem to pop up with the launch of any enterprise.

So to help me keep things in perspective, each morning I take a look at a favorite plaque, picked up during one of my cancer battles. It’s a framed Peanuts strip by the late Charles M. Schulz. Poor put-upon Charlie Brown is lying in bed and says to himself:

“Sometimes, I lie awake at night, and I ask, ‘Why me?’

Then a voice answers, ‘Nothing personal …

Your name just happened to come up.'”

If you’re starting to wonder why me? or if it seems too many worms are wiggling their way into your daily apples, here are a few more quotes to cheer you or help you stay focused on the Big Picture:

“The story of my life: I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.”

—From the film Some Like It Hot

“We tend to get what we expect.”

—Norman Vincent Peale, minister and motivator

“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is.

The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”

—Virginia Satir, social worker

“Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.”

—Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist

“Never regret.

If it’s good, it’s wonderful.

If it’s bad, it’s experience.”

—Virginia Woolf, author

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer everybody else up.”

—Mark Twain, author

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.”

—Ethel Barrymore, actress