IT’S JUST A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE Every now and then, the universe finds a strange way to put everything in perspective and provide us with a glimpse just how good we really have it. I would like to share a story that did just that for me. A few years back I bought a really nice little sports car at the auto auction for fifty cents on the dollar. It was beautiful, gold on gold, rag top, fully loaded – I loved that car. There was just one problem with it; the back seat really was more like a large glove compartment with seatbelts than it was a place for passengers to ride in. With two kids and plenty of carpooling duties, it just didn’t cut it. I had to get something larger, so I settled on a four door sedan. For awhile, I kept the sports car too. It was a fun car and I was having a hard time parting with it. One day, while backing out of the garage, I managed to scratch the entire left side of the sports car with the right side of my new sedan. In an instant, both cars became body shop bound. Upon realizing what I had done, my immediate response was to become extremely angry. How could this happen? This is going to cost a fortune. I can’t believe it… Then it hit me. My biggest problem in life is that I backed one of my cars into the other. I am not sure any one person should even be allowed to own two cars at the same time, let alone complain about the repair bills that go with them. In a flash, my anger vanished and I found myself in fit of uncontrollable laughter. I mean, how lucky one person can get, I owned two cars. Life is good. After that, I honestly have to say that I never lost one minute of sleep worrying about the bill. I just paid it and moved on. In fact, this story has continued to serve as a reminder to me of how blessed I really am. So the next time I find myself complaining about needing to rake the fallen leaves in my backyard, or I am concerned the weather isn’t exactly to my liking for my morning run, I hope I remember that… it’s just a matter of perspective.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 03:25:45 +0000
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