A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through the entertainment options on my flight, and they had a couple of episodes of Louie(for the record, Season 2, ep. 4). For some unknown to me reason, I've never watched Louie before. That needs to change, but that's beside the point.
One of the episodes I watched featured Joan Rivers giving Louie advice on the comedy business. The ups, the downs. She said something that I think has broader appeal than just that show. She said to him "know when you're lucky." Think about that for just a moment. We go through life too often worried about the day to day, the minutiae of modern life, and we lose sight of the big picture. We don't realize what we have, when we have it. We want more, more, more. We think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, or that just because the bloom is off the rose, it's time to toss it out and get a new one.
Something that a number of friends did for the month of November was 30 days of Thanksgiving. Every day, they posted something they were thankful for. It ranged from the mundane to the insightful, but every one of them was a peak into someone who was taking a moment or two to be mindful of how fortunate they are. I didn't participate, and now I wish I had. I've been mulling over "know when you're lucky" for almost three weeks now, trying to decide what it means in my life, and how I can apply it in more than just these few paragraphs. It's been a lot to mull over.
I'm thankful that I have the luxury of time.
One of the episodes I watched featured Joan Rivers giving Louie advice on the comedy business. The ups, the downs. She said something that I think has broader appeal than just that show. She said to him "know when you're lucky." Think about that for just a moment. We go through life too often worried about the day to day, the minutiae of modern life, and we lose sight of the big picture. We don't realize what we have, when we have it. We want more, more, more. We think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, or that just because the bloom is off the rose, it's time to toss it out and get a new one.
Something that a number of friends did for the month of November was 30 days of Thanksgiving. Every day, they posted something they were thankful for. It ranged from the mundane to the insightful, but every one of them was a peak into someone who was taking a moment or two to be mindful of how fortunate they are. I didn't participate, and now I wish I had. I've been mulling over "know when you're lucky" for almost three weeks now, trying to decide what it means in my life, and how I can apply it in more than just these few paragraphs. It's been a lot to mull over.
I'm thankful that I have the luxury of time.
I don't have any really insightful comments for this, but I liked it a lot. :)
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