So many of the things I think about these days are first world issues.\u00a0 Whether I will find love, whether I will get my feelings hurt, whether I will be understood.<\/p>\n
Today, I’d like to just focus on those things that I don’t have to think about:\u00a0 where I’m going to sleep, how I’m going to pay for food or my bills, if I have a job.\u00a0 Right now, even though I’m not flush with wealth, these things are all manageable.<\/p>\n
Today I dropped my phone in a cup of coffee.\u00a0 Maybe it will work tomorrow – maybe it will not.\u00a0 As frustrating and annoying as it is – it is not the end of the world.\u00a0 I don’t have much control over whether or not it repairs itself – and if it doesn’t work – just like everything else, I’ll just have to make it work.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful that I don’t need a phone to survive.\u00a0 It may feel hard to not play with the phone the way that I’m used to playing.\u00a0 But in reality – I’ll make it.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for friends that seek to pick me up.\u00a0 I’m thankful for family that I have by blood, and family I have by love.\u00a0 I’m thankful for a warm bed, a safe neighborhood, and not waking up to the sounds of gunshot or bombs.\u00a0 I’m thinkful for a bill of rights, and a chance to make a mistake and then correct it.\u00a0 But most of all – I’m thankful for each day, no matter what it may bring.\u00a0 Not that God should take this is a personal challenge to see if I still think this way later . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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