When you're worried, and you can't sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep, and you'll fall asleep counting your blessings. -Bing CosbyI have been learning a lot about blessings lately... I have really learned to appreciate things like washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, electricity, long hot showers, water...
Especially water.
If you have ever been in a power outage or bad storm where you have lost water and heat and electricity for a while, you know that it sucks not having water. You can deal with the power outages, and loss of heat- those can easily be remedied with blankets and flashlights. Water is pretty important though.
Today they shut our water off to do some maintenance at 9am. It's now after 9pm and it's still off. Let me tell you, spending the whole day not being able to wash your hands is pretty uncomfortable. It makes me appreciate hand sanitizer and the fact that I live in a time where it's expected of people to shower daily.
If you have ever been in a power outage or bad storm where you have lost water and heat and electricity for a while, you know that it sucks not having water. You can deal with the power outages, and loss of heat- those can easily be remedied with blankets and flashlights. Water is pretty important though.
Today they shut our water off to do some maintenance at 9am. It's now after 9pm and it's still off. Let me tell you, spending the whole day not being able to wash your hands is pretty uncomfortable. It makes me appreciate hand sanitizer and the fact that I live in a time where it's expected of people to shower daily.
Not having water makes me think of when we used to live in Arequipa... I was about eleven and I hated wearing my shoes. If it wasn't absolutely necessary, chances are I wasn't wearing them. My feet used to get so dirty my dad started calling me Black Foot. Once he made me wash off my feet before company came over. Tonight my feet are charcoal black and I can't wait to wash off the grim of the day.
It was easier being a child-when things didn't matter. You didn't care if your hair got wet in a rain storm because you were having too much fun jumping in the puddles. When you just wiped your mouth on your sleeve and went about your day. It's easier not caring what you do, how you look, or what people with think of you. Although I still like rainstorms and particularly dancing in them.
I really am so thankful for water, and electricity. I am grateful I live in this generation. I don't think I express my gratitude enough- I don't think we realize that these things are not guaranteed. We expect so much when we don't work for it or even appreciate it. I mean, how many times a day do you sit and think "I am so grateful to have a dishwasher." I mean, we have all grumbled over loading the dishwasher. And why? It makes our lives easier, it gives us more free time- yet we don't see that. We just see how much work we have to do.
I am so blessed and am so grateful for these seemingly small blessings we have. What's the saying- you don't appreciate it until you don't have it- that is definitely true... I don't think I had ever given a thought to water, or electricity before. I just expected it. I never realized how important the small things were. I will leave you will a quote I read today that made me really think about myself:
It was easier being a child-when things didn't matter. You didn't care if your hair got wet in a rain storm because you were having too much fun jumping in the puddles. When you just wiped your mouth on your sleeve and went about your day. It's easier not caring what you do, how you look, or what people with think of you. Although I still like rainstorms and particularly dancing in them.
I really am so thankful for water, and electricity. I am grateful I live in this generation. I don't think I express my gratitude enough- I don't think we realize that these things are not guaranteed. We expect so much when we don't work for it or even appreciate it. I mean, how many times a day do you sit and think "I am so grateful to have a dishwasher." I mean, we have all grumbled over loading the dishwasher. And why? It makes our lives easier, it gives us more free time- yet we don't see that. We just see how much work we have to do.
I am so blessed and am so grateful for these seemingly small blessings we have. What's the saying- you don't appreciate it until you don't have it- that is definitely true... I don't think I had ever given a thought to water, or electricity before. I just expected it. I never realized how important the small things were. I will leave you will a quote I read today that made me really think about myself:
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" -William A. Ward
i love the quotes you used!
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