Day 20: I woke up grumpy. A 5:20 work phone call to Mike disrupted my sleep ... a 6:30 message loudly presented itself and disrupted my sleep yet again... (someone forgot to mute his phone) ... so why am I thankful? Well... truth be told: I had to FORCE myself into thankfulness today. I needed to FORCE myself out of self pity for my disrupted sleep. Here is my thankfulness: I STILL got more sleep than most. (and in a safe, comfy, warm, dry, safe house). And MY work consists of arriving to a lovely, clean, warm, comfy (etc) school. I will do some busy work. I will interact with children. I will be in a safe and clean and loving environment. I will get paid a relatively fair pay. I do NOT have to go to a field and work under a blazing sun to either plant some seeds that may or may not grow. Nor do I have to toil under that same blazing sun: I do NOT have to put a dangerous chemical to make those seeds MAYBE grow. I do NOT have to wait for nature to either provide or NOT the proper ration of sun/rain/temperature that my seeds need to grow to merely FEED my family so they do not go hungry. SO WHY THEY HECK do I have the RIGHT to wake up GRUMPY because of my first world inconveniences? I HAVE to be thankful. I pray for those that suffer and toil WAY more than I. Bless them Lord. Mercy for them and their families. Lord... please feed, clothe, shelter, educate, sustain them. Bless the poor. Forgive my selfishness. Give me a kick in the rear when I need it most. Dont let me forget. Thank you Lord.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:53:53 +0000
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