Perspective

Wow. 2 posts from me today! I wanted to write what's been on my mind and a couple of stories that I read today since it's still fresh in my mind. I consider myself to have a pretty darn good life. I have a caring and loving husband, a wonderful family and my health. I know we all go through life and fall into certain routines and we become this mass of individuals who are just joined at the hip in this rat race and before you know it, years have passed by. I am certainly guilty of it - I wake up, I get ready for work, I go to work, I work some more, come home, eat, watch tv, go to bed. This is what I do for most of the week. Along the way, I enjoy time with Mr. Pie, the dogs, my family, my friends, I make yummy food, I eat yummy food, and I try to enjoy myself. But most often, I take a lot of things for granted. I don't always step out of my comfort zone and I don't enjoy things or take more time on the journey that I should. So this morning, I came across this great article on CNN which is completely true: Blogging as therapy! http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/05/07/blog.therapy/index.html But then it lead me to this blog about a woman who is now raising her small twins after the death of her husband to pancreatic cancer: http://snickollet.blogspot.com/ And then I found this blog from a man whose wife died 27 hours after giving birth to their daughter: http://www.mattlogelin.com/ I'm left with much sadness after hearing their stories. But what I did notice is that they did not stop blogging after probably what is the most horrific thing that could ever happen to them. They are still living their lives to the fullest. This gives me the perspective that ok, so what if my tv show didn't record or that my hair looks like crappola today. Even the house hunting doesn't compare. I need to stop worrying about the smaller things in life and start enjoying it. If I could have a tenth of the courage that they have, I can still continue to face anything - even the smallest things.