What We Know From Snow – Part 1

Take a step back and look around the room.  I bet you see so many things that you just take for granted.  A big screen television set with surround sound; a computer that allows you to read my blog and talk with people all around the world; maybe even a Wii or Xbox system.  But did you ever realize how lucky you are to have these things?

This week has been so brutal so many of us in the northeast region of America.  Just a little bit of innocent snow shut down power for most of the area.  Some of us still are without power.  We feel as if we have lost many of the luxuries and conveniences of life.  We feel trapped inside of our homes and the stress begins.  No heat, no hot water, no showers, no hot meals, and nothing to do.  Even with all these problems we must go on with our daily lives at work and at school as if nothing has happened.  We feel jealous of the people that are not affected and wish we were in their situation.  Most of all we feel that we cannot learn anything from this situation when truly we can.

Now think of the people around the world that face these problems every single day.  There are people that are struggling to feed their children and themselves and end up starving themselves so that their children can survive.  Adding on to this, these same people do not have a place to call their own.  They are forced to live in the streets and drink polluted water and breath toxic air.  These people will be lucky to have the small things that we take for granted.

Even though the power may be out everything is still there.  Nothing is going to be taken away.  You still have your home, your friends and your family.  All of the things that make you truly happy, you may be sitting around the candlelit table eating takeout but you’re with the important people in your life.  When the power is on these same people may be around less.  That’s what makes these times better then all the rest.  People are not preoccupied with all the gadgets and gizmos, from watching the game on TV to delving yourself into virtual and unrealistic world of video games.

Let this power outage teach you a lesson.  Let it show you what is really important in your life.  It may seem that all of life’s luxuries are tangible and rely on electricity to work.  It’s not the objects in your life that make you happy; it’s the people that are brought together by the object itself.  So go out into the world and look at everything and say…

“I’m lucky to have what I have today.”