Life is meant to be well lived
I was at the store the other day buying some sundries (we'd run clean out of sundries @ home.) and on the list I brought was "avacados." I judiciously selected four and went to check out. I'd noted the price as I did. At the checkout, the register said they were $1.50 more than the sign did. I told the cashier.
What ensued was a full 20 minute rig-a-ma-roll. The supervising cashier was overly apologetic about the wait and "trouble." I said "Ma'am, there are people all over the world huddled together trying to stay warm, right now my biggest problem is I have to wait a few minutes for my avacados, it's not a big deal."
She stared at me in disbelief. "that's a great attitude to have.....you'd be surprised at how upset people get around here sometimes." I assured her that I wouldn't be surprised.
Dan Wilt, a friend of mine, wrote this on his blog. "Life is meant to be well lived" It was almost in passing that he mentioned it, but the weight of the words hit my soul. I've long been an advocate of living well in the true luxuries of gratitude, simplicity, joy and fun; the "excesses" of close friends and peaceful living. It is in these things that real abundance is found.
Dan's right - life is to be well lived, for it is in living well that we celebrate God's goodness to us. So enjoy your appreciation of a great orange in the middle of winter. Linger deeply in the warmth of a blanket, or the smile of a loved one. These are the things that a well lived life embraces as graces from the Lover of our souls.
Live very well, love as extravagantly as you have been loved by God and bask in the true luxuries of life
What ensued was a full 20 minute rig-a-ma-roll. The supervising cashier was overly apologetic about the wait and "trouble." I said "Ma'am, there are people all over the world huddled together trying to stay warm, right now my biggest problem is I have to wait a few minutes for my avacados, it's not a big deal."
She stared at me in disbelief. "that's a great attitude to have.....you'd be surprised at how upset people get around here sometimes." I assured her that I wouldn't be surprised.
Dan Wilt, a friend of mine, wrote this on his blog. "Life is meant to be well lived" It was almost in passing that he mentioned it, but the weight of the words hit my soul. I've long been an advocate of living well in the true luxuries of gratitude, simplicity, joy and fun; the "excesses" of close friends and peaceful living. It is in these things that real abundance is found.
Dan's right - life is to be well lived, for it is in living well that we celebrate God's goodness to us. So enjoy your appreciation of a great orange in the middle of winter. Linger deeply in the warmth of a blanket, or the smile of a loved one. These are the things that a well lived life embraces as graces from the Lover of our souls.
Live very well, love as extravagantly as you have been loved by God and bask in the true luxuries of life
With such a generous outlook, I have no doubt that those you encounter while running errands meet Jesus unexpectedly. (Comment this)