The thing that struck me the most was not necessarily the story, but a phrase that kept coming up. Suzanne would often say something like "Aren't we lucky that we have your daddy?" or "Aren't we lucky we get to have this experience?" or "Aren't we lucky it's such a beautiful day?"
I realized that "Aren't we lucky" is something that I say in my own life, and something that I believe every day. I was lucky to be born in to a wonderful, loving, and FUN family. I am lucky to have my physical and mental health. I am lucky to live in a country such as this one that (at one time) allowed my family to advance and create the very comfortable life I live. I am lucky to have gone to college and I am lucky to have been intelligent enough to take advantage of it. Basically, I'm lucky.
My mom and I started saying it to each other. A few weekends ago, my momma came to visit me and we got matching tattoos that say "Aren't we Lucky" around our wrists. I would post a picture, but pictures of wrists look funny.
This morning my mother also reminded me that The Lesson of the Five Balls.
“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity, and you are keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls, family, health, friends and integrity, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life”
My mom and I started saying it to each other. A few weekends ago, my momma came to visit me and we got matching tattoos that say "Aren't we Lucky" around our wrists. I would post a picture, but pictures of wrists look funny.
This morning my mother also reminded me that The Lesson of the Five Balls.
“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity, and you are keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls, family, health, friends and integrity, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life”
I don't have much of a comment for this because it is pretty self explanatory!
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