Everyday we pass people laying on the ground with a blanket covering them while they are leaning against a bridge. I always find myself wondering what got them there. In a day where it is all too easily one of us, I no longer assume that it is an addiction that caused their fall. It seems as though now we all live in a time where we are one paycheck away from being on the street. So many people today are losing their homes, their cars, or the world that they have worked so hard to build. I think about my life and where I would be without family, friends, and those that are so close to me. It is a small group of people that mean the world to me and that are my world. I live in a warm bedroom that I share with my husband. And believe me, it will make or break your relationship. But I'm never alone on a cold night. I have a coat, gloves, and scarf to keep me physically warm. I have the love of many to keep my heart warm. What happens when everything you have is gone? I hope that I am never one of those people who has to ever know the answer to that question. You don't grow up hoping to be cold, alone, and have nothing. You spend your life aspiring to be something so great that most the time, our lives look so disappointing when we grow up. We think we can accomplish the world. Until one day, the world seems like such a large and cold place to be.
So, today I counted my blessings. My family, a home, clothes, friends, and even though things aren't how I imagined them to be, a sense of great accomplishment for the small things in life I have done. For once, I didn't look at the things that I haven't done. Today, I counted my blessings.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
-Author Unknown, from Be Thankful
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