| Gratitude.
I learned a little lesson on gratitude the last few days. Hurricane Ike caught the jet stream and shot the storm up here in Cincinnati. Some areas around me clocked winds up to 85 MPH!!!!
This occurred Sunday. I was cleaning the house and noticed it being a little windeir that normal. My wife came home and told me of the damage in the area and it was amazing. Trees on houses, telephone poles down, and A LOT of people without power.
Just prior to seeing the damage, I was bitching that my cable and Internet was out, but I still had power. Meanwhile 90% of people in the tri state area had no power, and still as I type this there are still 500,000 people without power.
A lot of people are having to throw away their food in their refrigerators, there is no ice available in stores, and some people have severe damage to their homes.
I was the only one out of my family, friends, and co-workers that didn't lose power
And here I was bitching that I had no cable and Internet.
I did my best to counteract my ungratefulness and had family over for hot meals, cold drinks, and DVD's to entertain us.
As you notice I have my Internet back.
I'm grateful that I can stop and see when I'm not being grateful.
Tom
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