OK, not to get too greeting card on you, but there have been a few things in my life over the past few years that have made me stop and think about what I had, where I was, and where I wanted to be relative to that. Many of us go through this same process every day, from what I can tell. 

But as I move ever more steadily in this direction -- towards more gratitude, more sheer amazement that things get done, that people connect, and inventions get invented -- that it's always a bit shocking to speak with someone, read someone or just interact with someone who seems so out of touch with that reality. After all, who the hell am I to say what the best reality is? But it sure isn't being miserable, clenched,  angry and/or without direction. And I don't mean direction in the "what are you going to do with your life" way, but in the more "I know who I am and what I'm capable of in this lifetime" kind of way. 

So many of us are angry that we don't have the perfect soulmate right now, or stymied by having to make a living, that there's no room for growth. There's no time for the process of development. There's no space to become more fully yourself. I'm reminded of a comedian who used to talk about watching people on airplanes, complaining about the lack of space, the forced air, the crying babies, the lack of adequate pillows and poor food, when all he wanted to do was scream, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE FLYING A MILLION MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE AIR RIGHT NOW? DO YOU EVEN SEE THAT THAT'S AMAZING?" 

I'm paraphrasing, but you get the picture. So many of us are focused around our immediate needs for comfort  that we miss the rest of the pretty amazing picture. There are miracles all around -- not just flowers, babies and puppies, but everything you experience with your senses. Try seeing the world through that lens today and notice what it does to your mood. :)