Tonight one of my very favorite movies came on. "It's a Wonderful Life". It used to come on all the time during the holidays. You'd be hard-pressed to surf the television and not find it on numerous channels. I can't remember why that changed (someone different bought the rights to it maybe?), but it only comes on once a year now, I think.
The kids came in-and-out of the room as I was watching. In total amazement I was watching a show that wasn't in color. Both asked what it was about. Both commented on the things in their life they were thankful to have that couldn't be replaced. Neither mentioned anything of material value.
Of course, I had accurately described what the movie was about. :-)
It doesn't escape me that more often than not, when I'm having a little pity-party, I get a reminder from above that I just don't have it so bad. I don't have it nearly as bad as I have myself believing I do from time-to-time. Every once in awhile, I let a situation or person get me down. I give that power over. It's easy to do. I own what's not mine to own.
This movie is a great reminder that life is what you make it. What you choose to see. What you choose to make important. What you refuse to give up on. The things in our lives that make it wonderful.
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