Today, I woke up for my last first day as a college student. That's right, I'm graduating on December 15th! Which means I have one more semester as a Spartan Student. (I'll always be a spartan at heart)
So this morning I woke up at 7:30, showered and then looked for something to wear. Which should be a simple task…but I needed it to be work and weather approproate and comfortable for walking to class and blah blah blah. So I had all these choices…jeans, tank top, pink shirt, white shirt…sandals or converse…I couldnt decide. I'm not even someone who really cares what they look like throughout the day…but I still took 20 minutes to get dressed. (and still ended up in simple jeans and a tshirt) There were just SO many choices!
Then I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast. Cereal, grabbing a bagel on my way out, just a glass of orange juice, maybe some milk…i ended up spending so long trying to decide I was running too late to eat anything at all!
So then I get to work and cant decide between iced coffee and hot coffee….or maybe just something caffeinated to wake me up a little. Then I realize the iced coffee machine wont work so I have to walk all the way back to the hot coffee I was just standing next to ten minutes ago.
I finally sat down at my desk and realized I was flustered and a little cranky all because I couldnt decide on anything that morning and it had all made me late for work and I had forgotten my phone on the counter between my breakfast dilemma and rushing out the door.
WOAH.
On a beautiful, sunny, bright morning I am a cranky grumpy girl because I had too many choices?! and it all made me late for my wonderful job that pays for me to have choices?
Consider my Reality officially checked.
People all over the world eat the same food every single day, every meal. Some people only eat once a day. Or not at all. People all over the world wear the same thing on their back every day…they dont get to choose between a closet and dresser full of every clothing item imaginable. There are lots of people who dont get to be frustrated because they are late for work because they cant find a job. and the majority of the world doesnt have the privilege to be upset they left their cell phone on the counter.
I am so thankful for my choices, however I am interested to see how my year with the World Race will show me what it is like to not have very many choices when it comes to these things. Not gonna lie, I'm a little excited.
So after realizing how ridiculous I was being this morning….I'm going to make the best choice of my day and decide to be HAPPY today. Bright and cheerful. Even though I had to drink my least favorite kind of coffee. (Sounds so ridiculous right?!)
So thank you Lord, for reminding me that these choices like what to wear and which coffee to drink or which breakfast item to eat are not important….and for reminding me that I am so incredibly blessed. What's not to be happy about?
Happy day, everyone 🙂
