It’s a cold, rainy day here in the Bay Area.  My sister had given BBE and I theater tickets for a musical tonight in the city.  I love musicals and am always up for a show! I don’t know anything about the Finding Neverland musical but had seen the movie years ago.  Looking out my window, I was a little grumbly about having to head out in this weather on a Sunday night.  But, then I caught myself and how negative I was being.

Here’s really how my Sunday looks: I got to eat delicious beef stew leftovers. We get to watch the Patriots game from the comfort of our own living room as the power stayed on. I’ve got laundry going so I can have clean clothes for the week ahead. We get to go watch a live performance of feel-good singing and dancing. We get to go from our warm home to the theater in warm, dry clothes.  If we get wet, there are dry options for us.

A brief remembrance of those outside in the rain with nowhere to escape the dampness, no hot meals to warm up their insides, no dry clothes to put on afterwards, no joyful football game or theater performance to entertain them made me realize how I was not focused on the right things. Sometimes, we just don’t realize how truly fortunate and blessed we are…