http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
I know someone posted this as a response, but I could not find it, so here it is again.
This is long, but well worth the time to ready, what a great visual way to explain that we can only do so much per day, whereas "normal" people are pretty much unlimited in their choices for the day.
When I was first diagnosed with lupus a friend sent me the youtube video of this I have used it many times over the years
It is when I read stories like this that I feel guilty for being on this site with so many people who are so very sick. I still have to count my "spoons" but I think I have more spoons than a lot of people that I talk to on here.
God bless each and every spoon counter out there.