Perspective helps

So...Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments. I realize that it sounds a bit dismal. It's not that bad really. But it is hard. Life...loving like Jesus...it's hard sometimes. I'm trying to be like Jesus but I'm more selfish than Jesus is. I don't pull signs and wonders out of my back pocket, or the mud. I'm not without sin as he is. I don't like hanging out with people the way He does. People get on my nerves a lot. So, it's hard.

But I discovered this week that it's only hard when I lose perspective. I think that's what's been happening to me lately because when I was walking to work the other morning I got a perspective shift. I walked passed the Cambie Bakery and I saw a guy sitting in the window and he didn't have any hands. But he was still managing to have a cup of coffee.

It was a strange sight, but in that moment I realized that my life isn't that bad. Not like, I looked at the no-hands man and felt sorry for him and thought, "Oh, well...at least my life isn't that bad." It wasn't like that. It was more just a dawning of understanding that perspective is key.

So I started listing things that I have to be thankful for. I have a LOT to be thankful for. If you're going through a tough time, start giving thanks...it might just change your perspective.