A consciousness of reality...

I was reminded of one of life's greatest lessons out of the blue while at work, by a Missourian none the less! "Life's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got," by the wonderful Cheryl Crow. Along the same lines in the book I just finished a similar story was shared about a little squirrel whom would sit and beg at a posh restaurant  in a wonderful area where he would sit and beg for things like lobster and other wonderful delicacies unknown to most squirrels. The writer wondered if the squirrel ever thought of how difficult his life was, going and begging for food every day, if he wondered how amazing the climate he lived in was, how amazing the food he was willingly given daily by restaurant patrons. He most likely thinks his life is normal, that that is all there is, or that he is even a beggar and other squirrels have it better. Sometimes we fall so unaware of just how good things are al around us that we forget of how good we have it, how much pain and hardship is out in the world. If you are like me, you do think of it sometimes, and realize how absolutely fortunate you are, how wonderful your life is and just how extremely blessed you are. It is so difficult to think of the people out there in the cold, without shelter, nothing warm to eat, or even forget the warm, nothing at all. It is difficult to think about, and I do admit, that I consciously try not to think of the difficulties some face on a moment to moment basis. I am happy to report that though this has been a difficult season in my life, a lot of adjustments socially and a lot of tightness and creativity financially but I feel that I truly am for once, fully happy with, "wanting what I've got." And I hope everyone reading this is too!