After Christmas

I've been feeling sorry for myself lately.  It's true.  Someone even told me I was.  The girls were gone over Christmas.  I was feeling alone.  There are some other things recently that haven't turned out like I had hoped.  I work, go to school, run and that's about it.  It was a year ago that Grandma Hansma died and so it's the first Christmas without her....on and on.  It is so easy to become self-centered and self-involved.  It's so easy to forget all the good things.  I have a lot of good things going on in my life, I am healthy; I have a job; I have a roof over my head; I have a good car; I have more than what I need; I have good friends and family that care about me; I have a relationship with a loving and forgiving God; I have 2 beautiful, smart, healthy girls.  Sometime, I have to remind myself of this.  The other thing I've forgotten in my "woe is me" moods is to reach out to others.  I realized this last week.  I called my friends and made plans to hang with them.  I asked them how they were doing and what was going on in their lives.  I helped a girlfriend that has new born twins.  When I focused on others, it helped take the focus off of myself.  It's so easy to forget this and to get off track.  It's time to get back on track.