Trivial Pursuits

No not the game.

I've had one of those days. The standing still while the world goes by days. You know what I'm talking about, I'm sure. I can't complain because I've actually had a great week overall, but I was sitting her tonight wondering how I could feel so...bogged down. I felt like there were a million things I should be getting done, but I didn't have the drive to get up and do any of them.

So I'm sitting here feeling all sorry for myself and generally backsliding into a personal little pity party. Then I decided to write a blog and I thought, hmmm, gee, I'm always talking about my teenage angst issues...what is something more insightful that I could think about for a bit? And so I stopped thinking about myself for about two seconds and I had this brainflash. My problems are trivial (imagine that). I'm lucky to have the kinds of problems I do. Deciding whether I should work on my book, mess around on photoshop, or go do something outdoors should not only not be a hard decision, it definitely shouldn't be something I dwell on. Okay, here comes the over-done, oh-so-cliche point. Sorry to repeat everyone, but here goes. My problems are trivial compared to the things that other people, and not just other people, but children, have to face every day of their lives. I've never had to choose whether I should feed myself or my sister. I've never had to choose whether to kill or be killed. I've neer had to choose whether to steal or starve. And I praise God that I haven't. And I don't mean to belittle everyone out there who has trivial problems like I do. Worrying about our trivial problems isn't a character flaw or a sin, but refusing to dwell upon and refusing to worry about the problems of others, trivial or otherwise, is.

There are literally hundreds of organizations that help those in need. There are thousands of different ways that you personally can get involved and make a difference in someone's life. It doesn't matter if you make their hour, their day, their week, or their entire life better. I would encourage you to look into one of them or a dozen of them. You'll truly be amazed how much spending just an hour helping someone else, making someone else's day brighter, can brighten your own day.

I'm seriously thinking about adopting a Compassion Child (credit to Paul for planting the seed) and I was thinking about how much money that is ($28 a month), relatively speaking. That's skipping coffee seven times, or checking out three books from the library instead of buying them, or borrowing movies from a friend instead of renting them, or skipping popcorn at the movies and seeing a matinee instead of a late show...it means so little to us, but could have such an impact on someone's life.

Okay, here ends my sermonizing, I promise lighter, more idealogical, much less practical Musings next time...G'night - Katie