Being Thankful

I posted a link a few weeks back to a video about a father and son team that runs marathons and other kinds of races. The son is disabled but has done great things with his life regardless of his physical disability. And the father has shown what it means to be a true father....sacrificing so much for his son so that he can have as normal a life as possible. That father could easily have put his son in a home and just lived his life for himself, feeling sorry for having a child with such a disability and could have easily just listened to the doctors that said his child would never have a normal life and to put him away. But he didn't. I have to watch that video every few days( and it always bring the tears) to keep things in perspective and as a reminder that my life is actually pretty great. I can get down sometimes regarding the things in my life I feel are difficult or unfulfilling but watching that video snaps me out of that "feeling sorry" for myself mentality and reminds me of just how fortunate I am to have the life I do. I almost get embarrassed for some of the things I complain about and for some of the careless things I say and take for granted because in a heart beat it can all be taken from me or better yet it could all be something I may have never had. I have to make a daily effort to praise GOD for ALL things. Even the little things in life that seem so trying. So Thank you Lord for this life that you have given me and I pray to be more appreciative and thankful in everything.