Scrap Your Trip Overstock S*A*L*E Ends Tonight

I had a really interesting conversation with Lani the other day.   We were talking about someone I know who, if out of 100 things, 99 are wrong but one is right, they will find the one thing that is wrong.  I told her I am the opposite.  If there are 99 things wrong and one thing right, I will find the one thing that is right.  Ever the optimist, I suppose.  Or maybe, it’s just how I choose to look at the world.  What can I say?  It’s gift!

This really came into play for me the other night when my minivan was broken into.  A “smash and grab” of the driver’s side backseat window.  I was at Bed Bath & Beyond getting stuff for my new house.  I was parked in the closest parking space to the door underneath a streetlight.  It took a few seconds for me to realize what had happened and notice that my briefcase was in a different position in the backseat than where I had left it.  I went through my briefcase and saw that my Flip Video Camera was gone.

I went back into the store and asked them for a broom and a dustpan so that I could get some of the glass out of my car.  I told them I didn’t want to call the police.  And I almost immediately started thinking of all the ways this could have been so much worse and how grateful I was.

I was grateful the kids weren’t with me.  Besides glass being everywhere, I know it would have really freaked them out.  

I was grateful that the only thing of value in my briefcase was my Flip.  Just that morning, I had taken out my iPod, my old cell phone and my checkbook.  

I was grateful that they put my briefcase back in the van.  All the stuff I am getting together for my tax return was in there.  And all the paperwork for the divorce.

I was grateful that it was 60 degrees that night instead of the 45 degrees it has been every night so that I wasn’t freezing cold on my drive home.

I was grateful that I can afford to get my window replaced and that I don’t have to drive around with a plastic bag and duct tape on my van.

An attitude of gratitude.  It has made such a difference in my life.  Yes, bad things happen.  But there is always…ALWAYS…something to be grateful for.  What can you be grateful for today?

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