Dear Spike:
Whenever I travel, I am reminded of how fortunate our family is to have all of the many luxuries that life has afforded to us.
We want for nothing — and that is more than can be said of most people in this world.
I know that is can be easy to complain about things that are not was we might wish for them to be — and I am as guilty of this as anyone. But it really only takes a moment to step back and recognize how small our complaints often are, in the grand scheme of this world.
It's nice to count your blessing when life is easy — but it's better to count them when life gets hard. In the totality of human experience, we have it quite good.
And just remembering that often makes me realize how petty my complaints are.
I miss you.
Love,
dad
(Sulaimaniyah, Iraq)
2 comments:
When I begin to feel sorry for myself, to look at my "I don't haves", there is always a situation that opens my eyes.
I am thankful I live in the USA. To be born an American citizen with all of the privileges it entails.
Thank you for that reminder.
Blessings
On the firing range in the Marine Corps we had something we said when the shooter hit the center of the target. It was "center mass."
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