A friend of mine just reminded me of something that I had always known, but had forgotten in the flood of worries that have filled my mind these last few days.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE THAN WE THINK WE DO!
Why is it that when we look at our lives all we see is the bad? What we wish/want to happen. What we long to be different. What gives us the right to be Debbie Downer all the time? Look around you. You have a house, a bed, clothes on your back and in the closet. In my case, I'm in school, it's paid for, I've picked out a major and a minor, I'll be graduating on time, I have money in my pocket and in the bank. I have a job, one that they're holding for me until I get out for the summer. I have my family, good friends, great professors, and a few acquaintances. I am not persecuted for my faith. I can say what I want, when I want, to whomever I want. I can travel, own a gun, buy a house or a car, choose my carer. I can vote for whomever I choose, and I can pick my own spouse.
I am rich. I am very richly blessed. Are there things that need to be resolved? Of course. There always will be. But when I stop, take a look around at what I do have, I find that the world isn't as dark and scary as I once thought it to be.
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