I was outside today. The sun was shining, the blue sky sparkled, and Timpanogos Mountain beamed with its pure white snow. My mom said to me, “What a beautiful warm day it is!” I agreed. About 10 minutes later—on my way back to work—I noticed the temperature: 39 degrees. 39 Degrees? What!?!?! Since when was that warm? Oh yeah… since it’s been below freezing for the last month.
It got me thinking though. Everything is different with perspective. My husband and I are a part of the Rape Crisis Team for Utah. Each month we are on-call for 48 hours. We were called in Sunday morning because an 18 year old girl had been raped. It put things in perspective. A Colleague of mine was in a car accident last week. He is paralyzed from the neck down. It put things in perspective. My uncle is dealing with a terrible skin disease. I don’t know all the details, but he wakes up every morning with blood on his sheets because it itches so badly. The doctors don’t know how to treat it. It puts things in perspective.
To some… 39 degrees is warm. To others… it is bitter cold. I guess for me, I just need to remember that my situation is a lot warmer than most. In fact, being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, makes my situation about as warm as it can get.
Stay warm everyone! And if you are not warm enough, let me know, I have a few blankets. :)
