I travel about once or twice a month, and when I see this spectacle, it drives me crazy each time. Two weeks ago, while checking into a hotel in Chicago, there stood someone demanding that people knew who he was! He wanted an upgraded room, he wanted an amenity in his room and he wanted someone from the hotel to acknowledge who he was.... Seriously!?!
This week, I find myself in India and during the trip, my fellow employees and I visited an orphanage. You want to talk about people who should scream, LOOK AT ME?! It's them! Poorest of the poor. Happy to receive any small gift or token. They don't demand things of the world, they simply live in it. Think of the things they would demand if given the chance; clean water, a roof that didn't leak, steady supply of food, someone to love them....
My message this week, live with what you are given. Make the most of your blessings. Sometimes we don't need everything in the world to make us happy, we just need the world. As I think of my new friends at the orphanage, I think of how much I have and how blessed I am...my guess, they feel the same way and that's cool!
