I totally know what you're talking about. You think life is rough, and then you look at someone in a much worse situation who is just happy and bubbly and has made a CHOICE to be that way. I'm working on that choice, and I find life to be better when I'm doing well with that.
Whenever I transplant any complaining thoughts from my head to words or paper, I realize how stupid I sound. In Washington D.C., my friends and I realized that we were so silly to be fretting about having to choose between a road trip to Amish country, a film festival in Alexandria, a free jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, or perusing a Smithsonian Art Museum. Life is so hard. Fortunately, we can take ourselves out of our small worlds and see how blessed we are.
I think that President Hinckley has an interesting point when he talks about how gratitude is the absence of pride. I have never really considred that perspective before--
I totally know what you're talking about. You think life is rough, and then you look at someone in a much worse situation who is just happy and bubbly and has made a CHOICE to be that way. I'm working on that choice, and I find life to be better when I'm doing well with that.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I transplant any complaining thoughts from my head to words or paper, I realize how stupid I sound. In Washington D.C., my friends and I realized that we were so silly to be fretting about having to choose between a road trip to Amish country, a film festival in Alexandria, a free jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, or perusing a Smithsonian Art Museum. Life is so hard. Fortunately, we can take ourselves out of our small worlds and see how blessed we are.
ReplyDeleteI think that President Hinckley has an interesting point when he talks about how gratitude is the absence of pride. I have never really considred that perspective before--
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