This week's Life's Little Lessons sends us the message of appreciation.

Too often it takes a crisis for us to appreciate what we have.  Debbie has generously shown and given us reason to appreciate our lives through her story .

We wish all the best for Debbie and her brave mother.

From Deb
My Mom has breast cancer which has spread throughout her body including her spine and her bones.  She didn't realize how bad it was until one day she couldn't walk.   She was hospitalized and had surgery to remove the tumors that were pressing on her spine, removed 3 vertebrae's, etc.  She still has a long way to go with the numerous amount of tumors still collecting in her spine not to mention learning how to walk again.

You never realize how lucky you have it until something like this happens. You don't think of walking as a luxury until you cannot walk anymore.  A simple thing like getting up to turn off a light becomes a chore.

I, myself, have learned through my Mom to value life and the simple things in it a lot more.  There are so many people who have it worse than you or I. We need to focus more on what we have and appreciate it, versus what we want.

Just my two cents.     Debbie

Comments
what we are busy "wanting"
From: Laura Ellis
First of all, I would like to send blessings to Debbie and her mother. I cannot imagine what either of them is going through. And I do agree that most of us should stop and smell the roses in our own yard instead of longing for the ones across the street. But I would like to make the point that sometimes we need to look at what we are busy "wanting". Some of the "wants" may be diversions so that we don't have to face some of the inner stuff we'd rather avoid; deep seated pain and anger and such. But some of those "wants" can also be messages designed to point us in the direction of greater fulfullment and usefullness. I think our biggest task is to learn to differentiate between the frivolous desires for immediate gratification which lead us to envy and chronic dissatisfaction; and the desires which point us in the direction of who we were meant to be. > I hope this doesn't sound too vague. I'm working on this stuff too, and learning as I travel my path.
Hope you all find peace and contentment.
Laura

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