It's all about me...

Today has been interesting to say the least. Within the first few hours of my day today I had decided that the day would pretty much suck and that I had it pretty rough at the moment. Boy oh boy did God have some stuff to show me:) It was a me, me, me kind of morning. Thinking about all I had to do today, tomorrow and next week. It all seemed to be overwhelming. School starting, work schedules, house projects, prescriptions to pick up, dinner to cook, friends to call back, bills to pay, dance schedules to rearrange, the list goes on and on. I got myself dressed...war paint and all. Let me tell ya, my attitude had seen better days:) Off to work I went. In between clients I managed to run the errands I needed to run and now I'm home in my sweats writing to you. However, in between I managed to talk to a heartbroken man with a wife slipping slowly away from Alzheimer's, a cancer survivor, overheard a political conversation that reminded me of how diabolically opposed we are as a nation, got to spend a short time with two precious girls who have watched their daddy lose two parents in the last few months, saw my sweet daddy for a few precious minutes and remembered the two cancers he has beaten, two heart attacks and one stroke he has survived, and then looked over at my precious baby girl that he had brought to my work for me and it hit me...I have absolutely NO reason to be anything but estatic about my life. I have SO much. Why is it that we always think we want more??? More stuff, more cars, more activities, more everything. We live in an incredible country and all we think about is consumption. I'm as guilty as the rest! It is easy to fall into this way of thinking. But I encourage you to look around and be grateful for what you DO have instead of always wanting more. Do you remember what all of us were like 10 years ago when the horrible attacks of 9/11 happened? Why does it take something that horrific to get our attention? I met quite a few folks in my short day that had it a whole heck of a lot worse than I do. I am grateful for that. It made me stop and realize and remember that I have SO much. I bet if you stop and look you will find you have a lot too:) Hug your people and squeeze your babies. Smooches xx