Simple things.
14 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
Today I feel happy to be able to give my children the things they want for their birthday – yes, I said want – not need. I say this with the understanding that I really do know what a privileged – not perfect, not superior, not better, but privileged - life we lead. I am also glad that I often find myself wishing we didn’t want any of this stuff that I see around me, because I do know that it is so completely unnecessary for a happy life and peaceful existence. But, through a twist of fate, here I sit at a computer in a beautiful home, in a safe, quiet community, in a peaceful country, with a loving family – and we are healthy and indeed have everything we could ever need. We have access to health care and sealed roads and reliable cars and an abundance of food and a law-abiding population, for the most part. This doesn’t escape my attention, and I am grateful for it everyday. I am grateful that I am here, I am safe, I am loved, I am needed and I can even buy gifts for my children if I want to. These are the privileges of living where I do. I give thanks for it and hope that every day that I do have it, I say thank you, somehow. Like today. Like now. Thank you.
