Love Those Gloves!

​​I lost my favorite pair of gloves four years ago.  I looked everywhere for that pair of gloves.  I looked in every possible place for two years.  I loved that pair of gloves.  Unfortunately, "they gone".  I really don't enjoy snow, especially this time of year.  It is very inconvenient and it disrupts my life and my work and my free time (I have a large driveway and am required to clear my street in front of my house and I don't own a snowblower ... I know, "First World Problems").  Two years ago, it snowed over 8" one morning.  It was Valentine's Day so leaving the driveway to my wife to shovel was not a wise marital decision.  So I put on my "garage jacket" that hangs in my garage for when I shovel the driveway.  I only wear that jacket when shoveling snow.  I spent an hour shoveling heavy, wet snow that morning.  My back hurt and I was set back a couple hours.  My day didn't start out the way that I wanted it to.  I had a lot to do on "my list" for that day, so I had the absolute right to have a bad attitude.  The driveway got shoveled that morning.  Oh, and I found my favorite pair of gloves in my "garage jacket".  A bad morning turned out to be a great day.  I love those gloves. 

"Thanks God for loving me and for not caring about whether I like to shovel snow or not."

Lesson:  We think we know what is best for us and we complain about a lot of things in our life because, in the grand scheme of things, our lives aren't that bad, they are merely inconvenienced.