It’s so quiet I can’t sleep. I’m irritated by that. I decide to get up and do anything so I don’t think about being irritated.
Sound silly?
It is.
I hop online to check out some blogs. One of the first items I read is about the net being down and it being hot with no AC – - in a war zone!
Man am I one spoiled, unappreciative snot! I should be soooo thankful that there are no missiles cruising over my head and bomb blasts shaking the building I live in, and I have all the food I can possibly ever want, with fresh water in whatever form I want it – coffee, soda, bottled water, beer, OJ, whatever…
This was a good mental snap for me to have. I’m instantly not irritated by the quiet, or that I can’t sleep. That’s selfish, and incredibly near sighted.
I wonder how many other things I have thoughts about, and I really have no awareness of other input around me that adds real and valuable perspective.
Filed under: Life, Listening, Perspective, Rants, Writing
