Perception or Reality
I am one of those fortunate people who realize just how darned BLESSED I truly am. Some have looked at me and my situation and said, “How can you say you are blessed? You have an incurable / terminal Kidney Disease.”
According to everyone else’s lives on Facebook, I am the most blessed person on this planet otherwise I’d have these desperate issues to deal with too:
“OMG Can’t decide on color/pattern for new sofa. The decorator is coming 2morrow!!”
“Leaving @ 6 a.m. 4 St. Bart’s! Haven’t packed a thg. Frantic!”
“No clue what 2 fix 4 dinner. Mayb just go out? Suggestions?”
“BIG SALE at JCP 2day. Bummer, I don’t paid until Friday.”
“Father horrible. Car broke. He won’t fix. Don’t have $$ b/c just got sweet tatt”
“Parents said I have to get job if I want to go to Prom…WTH????”
“Can’t wait til I get my own place.” (My personal favorite)
“Gawd, hate my job.”
“Hate people that talk about others behind their back. So fake. Two faced. And a waste of my time.”
Meanwhile, in an alternate universe not so far far away, there’s a brave 10 year old young man with brain cancer, fighting for his life. They are holding a candle light vigil for him and his family in front of MCG Children Medical Center and people are donating money, food, and toys in his honor. His mother posts on FB daily, pictures, prayer requests and condition updates….. and I cry every time I see his face.
There is a local man facing a kidney & pancreas transplant, but he doesn’t have the money for his healthcare and operation so his church family is holding a fundraiser. He has a wife, children, family, friends that will miss him dearly if he doesn’t get the organs in time.
You see, I used to think that perception was reality. It’s not. We think in perception everyday. We believe that our every day mundane tasks are real life threatening, deadline riddled, ISSUES, problems. The reality is that those “problems” are our true BLESSINGS. We’re just too blind to see past our perception to grasp reality and take joy in it.