It's Not So Bad

As I sit at The Dream Center (Starbuck's) sipping on my large iced vanilla latte, an older gentleman came in with an oxygen tube in his nose. He shouted to the barista "I am looking for some girl's shoes! Do you have any girl's shoes?!" My world stopped. They told him that they are only open for donations on certain days and he just walked out the door after thanking them. He looked like a really nice guy. I wanted to ask him what size. If the size was close, I wanted to give him a pair or two of mine or Ariah's shoes. Why do we need 25 pairs of shoes anyway?! I am not sure why I didn't say anything? I have a friend who is a teacher and she says that so many times students come to school with their little toes hanging out of their tennis shoes. I am just taken back from my life where I think that things are so bad or have little pity parties. This stuff is real. Imagine being a little kid and having to worry about not having a pair of shoes. How hard would it be to concentrate on school work when you have things like this to be worried about? I just cannot even imagine!

I am going to try to just be thankful for what I have. I know that it's an "easier said than done" sort of thing, but I am going to give it my best shot. I encourage you to, too.