Today storm sandy is heavy on my heart. I believe I have the gift of mercy. I am thinking how life is changed in a moment. A storm can change your day completely to where your priority could be: how will you get clean water when prior to the storm maybe you only had a taste for Pepsi. What if you did not own a car and you relied on the subway to get to work or what if you had no electricity and you were cold and felt unsafe in your home because it was dark? I feel today as if I take so many things for granted. I almost feel guilty that it is a sunny warm day where I live and that for the first time in a month I have slept without pain. And yet..gratitude fills my heart. I know in a moments notice an earthquake or an illness could rock my world. I do not live in fear...but I am watchful and preparing the best I know how. How do you prepare for the unknown? First of all you live each day as if it is a miracle and grateful for the gift it is. And then you become a student of life and you learn all you can. I have heard it said, history repeats itself.
It seems shallow to talk about Halloween or healthy eating in light of what is happening in the world today. I think I shall focus on gratitude and the true riches in life which our our relationships. If I had been in storm Sandy's path, what would I be thankful for today?....that I am alive, that the sun is shining, that those I love are with me, that I have my faith.....just thoughts.
