My kids love playing in our blowup pool (with slide!)... I would say that it ranks up there with a large box or blanket turned fort. I can't help think about life when I watch them play. As I fill up the pool for the sixth time in a one hour time frame, wasting water spraying them as they get close with ear to ear smiles....I can't help but be thankful. Thankful for clean water that my kids can drink and splash, a fenced in yard for protection, quiet neighborhood (no gunfire), toys that bring them joy - the list is long. Not a life of excess /consumerism, thankful for the simple life (perspective).
On the flip side of the coin, most people on this planet would consider that to be a rich lifestyle (perspective). I remember how the folks in Tijuana, Mexico looked at me when I came to inventory their manufacturing plant....I was making a whopping 13 bucks per hour at the time, compared to their 10 bucks per week, you'd think I was related to Donald Trump (perspective). They didn't have running water at home so they would put their feces in baskets next to the toilets.
Ironic.....I'm carefree with clean water - most don't have running water (insert any 3rd world country here). When I say it out loud, just doesn't make sense. For me, these kind of issues (local and abroad) get me down and completely overwhelmed, although I have the burning desire to make a difference.
My prayer is that G-d will lead me to impact in this world or my fear is that my kids will be writing a blog, just like this one, in 30 years.
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