Gratitude

It is funny to watch a child be handed a great gift and be so excited and then see their sibling receive 2 cheaper gifts and see the look of "why didn't I get two? one good gift is always trumped by two crummy ones because two is always more than one". The grass is always greener and we often do covet what others have. For today I want to try to have more gratitude about the gifts I get, whether it's what I would have picked for myself or not. Today I didn't get anything, so I didn't have to make sure to be appreciative, I had to make sure not to covet a plastic horse and plastic shoes. I bet they would've fit me too.