The DOW dropped 300 points today. It snowed. I'm cold. And you know what? Doesn't really matter. Things are good. GOOD. We have all we need. And increasingly, I am reminded what a big, big deal that is.
I was resentful this past week. Too much of my time had claims on it. I had work, and school, and our son had a ton of stuff to do. We had family stuff to do. And then it hit me -- I was cranky about good stuff.
I had family stuff to do -- I had family that wanted to spend time with us, and us with them. My son needed me to drive him places. Because he was serving dinner at a soup kitchen, going to a Habitat leadership meeting, worked in an East Baltimore park, prepping it for spring. I had classes to go to. Because I love going to school, and my work graciously pays for it. Poor poor me.
I had to go to work. Damn it. To a job I enjoy, with people I like, at a salary I only used to dream about. Poor poor me.
Sometimes I need to take a breath, and remind myself how damn good it all is.
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Sounds like you need one of those Jeep t-shirts, the one with "Life is Good" printed on them with some stick figure doing some activity. Cool!
Life is good. We are employed. Our kids are doing well-ish. We've been with our spouses well into double digit years.
Heck, we deserve ... an award!
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