"You can't always get what you want"

"...but if you try sometimes...you just might find... you get what you need"

I was reminded of this Rolling Stone song yesterday as my grandson was having a bit of a melt down because
the store we were in did not carry something that he was looking for (remember he is 5!) Calming him down I
started singing this song...Later in the evening I thought of the situation and remembered how many times over the past several years (as we travel this path) that I have had that exact same melt down...That I could not go...or do...or have something at the exact moment that I wanted it...and that it made me so unhappy(or rather I made myself so unhappy thinking/believing that somehow I was missing something) that I did not even see all the wonderful things that I do have (the old proverb of not being able to see the forest for the trees) ...I wondered what it is that causes one to believe that the NEED for something that we don't have is greater than what is already directly within our reach....
As we rapidly approach Thanksgiving I am finding a gratitude beyond what I have felt in the past...
Perhaps it is because I am aware that I already have what I need...
Count your blessings!
BE WELL...