Life is a gift. This simple but powerful statement is something we take for granted every single day. It is far too easy to get used to our present situations and see our lives relative to the image we have of the people around us. The challenge is seeing every day as a blessing. Truly, I know life can get hard. I've had great days and terrible days in my lifetime. Something I can always be thankful for, though, is that the great days completely outnumber the bad ones. But, when they are happening, the bad days seem endless. They seem like nothing could ever change. Well, that's wrong. Face it, we're all drama queens. We often exaggerate the bad and underestimate the good. Life really is a beautiful thing, especially for people as fortunate as me. The thing is, we see things relatively. For instance, say today is the best day of your life and no other day could be nearly as great. Then, obviously, tomorrow can't be the best day ever. However, is that any reason not to see tomorrow as a gift?
Just the fact that there is a tomorrow is a gift in itself. If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture, or the horrible pangs of starvation you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering. If you can read this message you are more fortunate than 3 billion people in the world who cannot read it at all. Now, given this perspective, don't our days actually seem pretty great? Is it not amazing that you can actually read this on the internet? You see, when we start each day expressing thankfulness for everything we have, things start to change. Maybe the fact that you got a bad grade on a test or that the person you like doesn't like you back isn't really that big of a deal.
What we need is to teach ourselves and each other thankfulness. If you start to think about it, life is beautiful. We're alive and we have everything going for us. So, now it's time to live like this is true. Go tell someone you love them. Give a hug. Go outside. Fly a kite. Don't let that that person get to you. Smile. Do the happy dance. Give someone a compliment. Live life like it's a gift. Share the gift with others. You were put here for a reason. You were made with this great love that overpowers anything and everything. What we don't realize is that we're given this great love as a gift everyday and we forget about it. There's this fire inside us, all the time, that we smother with our failures and burdens. But today, let that fire burn. Let this fire burn up everything that's holding us back. Take a chance. Let this love control your life and see what happens. Count your blessings and carry a heavy heart.
Love you all, thanks again for reading.
