Packing…Why Worry

I spent the evening packing and getting ready for my upcoming trip. (If you want to join along, I will post often of the highlights).

Counting my socks. Packing a couple extra pairs in case it rains. Stuffing multiple sweaters, long sleeved shirts and polos into a carryon suitcase. It seems I pack two weeks worth of cloths just in case.

Yet, I also tell myself if I need something I’ll buy it over there. So I basically do both. I pack a lot and then I bring home extras.

As I’m laying in bed doing a mental checklist of things scrunched into my bags, I can’t help but smile at the good fortune I am blessed with. Blessed beyond measure that I have too many clothes to pack.

When there are people with only the clothes they have on with no extra pairs of socks in case it rains.

How humbling. How spoiled I have become.

I am so blessed.

In a world where war and fighting is a daily grind, where modern day slavery can be hidden behind our neighbors picket fence, where cancer stalks the assumed healthy, and starvation kills thousands of innocent people daily.

It makes my worrisome attitude toward packing seem so minuscule.

If I forget my razor, oh well. I can buy one. It’s not life or death. If I need an umbrella, I should enjoy the spring shower. Some people are praying for the rain. If I get lost, enjoy the detour. Many people don’t have a home or hotel to rest in.

My measly problems shouldn’t even be worried about. Because everything I’m considering can be easily fixed or corrected.

I wish I could say the same for my friends son waiting on test results. Or the single parents working multiple jobs to keep their children fed and warm.

May we all see the forgotten blessings we tend to overlook. May we also see our molehill problems as just that, molehills. May we open our hearts and our eyes to see beyond ourselves. And may we give of ourselves to those that need a little help.

Peace

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