Counting Blessings

 "OH MY GOSH THERE IS SO MUCH GOING WRONG IN MY LIFE!!"

I'll be darned if I haven't said that phrase twenty trillion times today. And, admittedly, there is a lot going on. Not getting asked to Prom. Not getting enough sleep or enough time for homework. Not making the talent show. Not moving onto the State round of Sterling Scholar...

That's a whole lot of "nots."

I wonder sometimes if I'm so busy looking at the holes that I miss the lace...

I have so many blessings: I live in a home with running water- a virtually unlimited supply of fully drinkable, temperature controlled, fresh and safe water. Over 750 million people worldwide live without that luxury!

I have a great education, with amazing teachers who take an interest in my well-being and make me realize my potential. That's more than half of the people in this country have!

I have talent and passion in the same area of interest!
I have a great family, a great future, a great life. 

So yes, there are some small things I'm missing. But in the greater scheme of things, I have a wonderful life full to the brim with blessings. And that's more than a lot of people can say. I am so lucky to live in the manner and the place in which I do. There's always good to be found, even when there seem to be so many holes in your life that you don't know how it still exists- even then, there is worth and goodness and happiness and blessings in life.