Keeping the perspective
We just took a family vacation. It almost wasn't a wonderful weekend away. If hadn't just written the post about and made a commitment to keeping things in perspective, my expectations and feelings of entitlement could have ruined our precious family time. 
If I hadn't been actively praying and striving to keep a better bigger perspective....
If I hadn't been actively praying and striving to keep a better bigger perspective....
- the seven hour drive with two kids under four would have been more stressful;
- the wet rainy weather combined with my poor packing choices would have put a damper on the weekend (well, I guess it did - We were rather damp! Rain coats? Not this family, we are on SUMMER vacation for goodness sakes!);
- being stuck in a camper (13'x6') for most of the day with two kids under four would have been annoying and frustrating.
Spending a weekend away with my family; in camper with electricity and heat, that is bigger and more luxurious than what many families call home = BLESSED IMMEASURABLY.
But I am so habituated to my first-world, that I see only what I don't have and what I am missing. I find myself constantly shifting my perspective to remember what I do have to see things in a new light, in a more accurate light....
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Emily Betzler
May 08, 2018
Robin – Thanks for sharing. It’s all about perspective isn’t it!!! How is that sweet baby of yours Can you believe we are mothers? Seems like only yesterday we were soaking up the Costa Rican sun. xoxo!