Today it slapped me right in the face.
I woke up late this AM - totally angry with myself as I had a great plan to get up early, and get my workout in before work. I hit up fast food breakfast (because in my mind, the day was already shot since I woke up late). And I was overall feeling mad, and sorry for myself that I just can't get it together to wake up on time (in my home that belongs to me to get to my full time job that I love).
When all of a sudden I came across this while doing my morning scan of my twitter feed
<SLAP!>
I heard it, and felt it, loud and clear. I do not know this person - it was actually a retweet reply from another tweep I follow, but my heart is breaking for her and her family. I stopped what I was doing and sent up a BIG prayer for her, her babies and her family.
Life sucks is funny that way - it has a fool proof way of reminding us that there is more out there than just what we think at the moment. My troubles today seem completely insignificant when I look at what this mom is going through. With that, I'm headed out to turn my day around. I will keep this mother with me today, in hopes that by some crazy psychic wavelength she can feel the positive vibes and prayers I am sending to her and her family.
Sometimes it is hard for us to think something out there could be worse than what we have going on in life, but guess what, there is always someone worse off/having a worse day than me/us/you. I'm going to try to keep this in mind (in perspective, if you will).
Why not do the same?
1 comment:
I had my taste a few weeks back complaining that my "super busy" day was getting my hair and nails done, tanning, working out, buying new clothes, and then a quick stop off for new beauty products. All things I HAD to do (poor me)
really? The person I told said "must be a rough life"
we all need those moments to appreciate how amazing our lives are, and that someone out there is dealing with things we know nothing about! It really made me thankful that the worst decision I had to make was what color polish to put on my toes.
I will take that any day over worrying if I can even feed myself.
People are always struggling with greater battles!
great post, and a great lesson for us all!
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