Tragedy

Rule number one is; don't sweat the small stuff.  Rule number two is, it's all small stuff. -Rober Eliot

Yesterday a tragety hit my life.  As I was en route to my date with my favorite 5 year old, I realized the temperature gage in my car read way above "H".  I pulled over, made some calls to the Auto Guru's in my life, and decided that I would turn around and head home.  About a mile down the road, at the crossroads of a busy street in Bloomington, my car died and smoke started to spew from under the hood.  Wonderful.  An hour plus later this was the scene.

Life has been down right hectic this last week.  From traveling, to class at church, to work, to training at corporate, moving and settling in our new place, to oversleeping numerous mornings due to the late nights of moving/cleaning/studying, to more work, etc...etc...etc.  "Tragedies" like I experienced always tend to hit when life is hectic...never when you are calm and prepared.  However, oddly enough despite this vehicle 'tragedy', I'm calm as a cucumber.  Why?  Because its a vehicle.  I still have my health, my family, and my friends.

Real tragedies are the 2011 Tsunami killing over 13,000 people and leaving 12,000 missing.  Tragedy is Hurricane Katrina in 2005, killing 1,836 people, leaving $81 billion of damage in its wake.  Tradgedy is the fact that 6 MILLION children die of hunger every year.  And 925 MILLION people around the world are malnurished. (And to make that worse...obsesity is the #2 leading cause of preventable death in the United States).

My vehicle issues are simply an inconvenience, and truly a reality check.  I have so much to be thankful for in my life, this hiccup is a blessing.  If you are reading this, you too have a lot to be thankful for.  Take a minute to take some deep breaths, let go of what you've been stressing about this week, and be grateful.  I am.