So, I was just letting my mind amble a bit today, and for some reason it occurred to me that I'm really lucky. This thought is not very common. I typically focus my ponderings on all the negative things about life, and expend all my energy complaining. Well, today I was reflecting on the Holocaust for some reason.
I am not in a concentration camp, stripped of all dignity and freedom. Nor am I enslaved because my skin is a different color. I am not living under the fear that a missile may be launched at any second to obliterate my city. I am not starving, I am not persecuted, I am not oppressed. I have the opportunity and the privilege to attend school and further my education. I may freely worship the God I believe in. My family is whole and healthy and so am I.
Most of these things, I have no control over. I did not personally earn my freedoms. I did not choose the time and place I was born. I just happened into all of this, and often I take it for granted.
I am blessed.
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