Perspective

Perspective |pərˈspektiv|: "true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion: we must keep a sense of perspective about what he's done."

Out of the three or so definitions I found of this word, I felt like this one is really the one I'm going for. 

Perspective is going to a healing service praying for the possibility of being healed from my diseases (Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac...lookit up!) and seeing people, young and old, in wheelchairs, crippled, hunched over, etc.  Perspective is thinking about the rest of life with these diseases and then learning about an amazing woman, Alexandrina Maria da Costa, and thinking, "Wow.  My life is so easy."

Honestly, life isn't about taking stock of everything that's going wrong and wasting our lives away pining about how much better it could be.  Life is making the best of the worst situations, offering it all up to God and living life joyfully, no matter what.

Believe me, that's not easy...even when things aren't truly "awful."  Being happy isn't easy sometimes.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents!  Read up on Blessed Alexandrina...she's AMAZING!!!  AND!!!  She was born (TO THE DAY) EXACTLY 91 years before me!!! (March 30, 1904).  Anyway, PRAY FOR US BLESSED ALEXANDRINA!!  P.S.  I call that name for my first daughter!  So paws off, y'all! ;-)

Peace!

 

Blessed Alexandrina