no little thing

today has been one of those days. where things just don't work. e.g., my computer broke the week before finals... not ideal. and as i was taking the el thirty minutes and walking to the apple store in the cold chicago wind-- it is not 64 degrees like the weather said-- i was thinking about how annoyed and frustrated i was with today. it was annoying that instead of doing the things i actually had planned for today i had to go get my computer fixed and walk in the cold. and then i thought more about how dumb that is. today is the only April 19, 2012 that i ever get to live. every little thing in today is a gift.

i watched a video this past weekend about every moment in each day, the good and the bad are one of a kind. they might not ever happen in this life again-- that is a big deal. kinda cool and kinda scary. it makes me want to be grateful for everything that i am humanly selfish about. so many times i have disliked a situation or a test or a day or the weather. but everything is created and planned by God above-- i fully believe that. however, i am not always the best at intentionally being thankful for it all. there have certainly been hard times/stages in my life that i really didn't like but throughout i tried hard to be grateful. maybe i did not necessarily love it, but grateful for the lessons i learned or the way i was loved through that hard time. how i was changed and transformed because of those hard seasons. and i think this can translate into other parts of our life. if i can be grateful to the lord when my heart is breaking i should be thankful for the small things that are seemingly insignificant. i want to be happy and grateful for every gust of cold wind that blows across my cheeks and every thunderstorm that is not given credit for its magnificence. i want to celebrate when i get an extra tasty soy latte or when i get to wear my favorite pair of jeans. not that i don't always love those things, but i do not always fully appreciate them. the little things really. it is the small, trivial, daily things that add up to moments and days and years and our life. the good and the bad, all a gift that we are lucky enough to experience.

i want live in that. i want to be joyful that God lets me see and do amazing things every day. i want to have peace knowing that it all comes from above, pre-planned, and is bigger than i can imagine. soak it up. this is a good life and the only life we get here.

This is the video if you want to watch it!