The Antidote

My mom wrote me an email last night and said they ate supper outside.  I can't eat supper outside unless I just pour syrup on the snow and start eating it.  Warm weather sure would be nice.  So would a little more money and a little less debt.  Or how about a change in relationship status.  Or maybe just not having to clean up after my brother's dog got sick from eating out of the garbage last night.

And then I catch myself.  Yep, right now.  I stop and think.

I live in Yosemite National Park.  I get to go snow-skiing almost every week--for free.  I don't have to pay for my rent or food--and I have enough to pay my bills.  God has blessed me with a pretty unpredictable, somewhat exciting life, and life-long friends.  God loves me--and shows me a thousand ways a day that He does if my eyes are open to it.  I get to live next door to my brother and sister-in-law for awhile, which is awesome.  Spring is coming.

Gratitude.  The antidote for an inaccurate view of reality.