Perspective Edition

I could not have written this better myself.

Thank you, tatianamikhailovna.

Perspective

"Whenever I feel annoyed about possibly getting sick or being sick I think of my cousin Slava who can’t remember the last time he felt remotely healthy.

Whenever I don’t want to eat anything in my fridge and whine about it I think of the kids from the orphanage my mum housed that ate so much their first night at our house they made themselves sick.

Whenever I wish I had a nicer mattress I think of that scene in the Blind Side when Michael says “I’ve never had one of these before” and Leigh Anne says “What a room to yourself?” and he replies “No. A bed.”

Whenever I think I don’t have anything to wear I think about the girl we sponsor in India who received her first “nice” dress this February for her birthday.

Whenever I think that there is too much hurt in this world I think of Martin Luther King or all the outpouring of love and money that we witnessed just a month ago in Haiti.

Whenever I wish we had more money I think about that family on the episode of True Life who had to recycle plastic bottles to scrape enough money to drive to the grocery store where they couldn’t really afford anything either.

Whenever I wish that I got to travel more I think about those kids at the day care I interned at that will probably never see the ocean or the Statue of Liberty.

Whenever I feel sorry for myself I think about the fact that I am blessed with spending the rest of my life with my best friend.

And that is more than enough for me."

On this St. Patty's day, I remind myself that I am exceptionally lucky.