We all have those days when we feel shortchanged in some area of life. There are days when we wish we had a more generous cash flow; days when we wish we could replace the reflection in the mirror with the self-image that we seek; days when we crave the kind of love that feels like the embrace of a breeze that flows just beneath a summer sunset.
If you are sitting at a computer, reading these words, consider:
You are richer than almost everyone else in the world.
You have the time to afford leisure, to take leave from your work to read a blog. You have the wealth to afford internet communication. You have the freedom to read and write what you want. You have a stomach full enough to focus on these words.
Maybe there are things we wish that we could change. Maybe there are things we don't need to. Maybe there are things we can.
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5 comments:
what a nice, selfless post! really great food for thought. reminder is right
Katherine
This is so true...you probably read my post about the evil eye and then realized I needed to read something like this!
We are so lucky in this country to have what we have and it isn't until I head over to India or Pakistan that I really remember that.
Katherine - it's the "glue" that keeps us together sometimes (those reminders) :)
Ameena, don't ever change! I know that aside from your hilarious "a day in the life of" forays, you are an incredibly down to earth lady!
:)
True say.
Go kripalu yoga!
I will add, as an aside, that Aba was, once again, engaged in lengthy recollections of and meditations upon his journey from a small village in Pakistan to Karachi to England to coldest Winnipeg and, finally, to Toronto.
And all the foibles, heartaches, uncertainties, joys, that happened in the in-between moments of life.
The "coincidences" that occurred in response to such pressing need and happened with such frequency and perfect timing that they just couldn't have been...coincidences.
He made many observations on his life experience. But one of them struck me a bit more than the others:
"If more of the people who grumble and complain about this country would step outside of it and go to other countries, they would come back to Canada and kiss the ground".
He also said (at the age of 72 and with a peaceful look on his face): "I'm content with my life and, at this age, am on bonus time"!
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