I recently went to see The Blindside with my family. We decided it would be fun to go and watch a movie at the theatre (something we don't do together often) over this last Thanksgiving break. I thought it was a wonderful movie and it got me thinking about how lucky some of us are. In one scene of the movie, Michael is looking at a Norman Rockwell painting (left). Later on when the family gathers for Thanksgiving dinner, he sits at the dining room table, and the whole thing turns into a scene just like the one in the picture. I think that so often in life, we forget about the little things. I know that I don't sit down with my entire family very often for a meal. Instead, at least one member of my family is missing. My favorite part of Thanksgiving was getting to sit down as a family and eat dinner. The painting seems to present this as something that happens on a daily basis. It seems like our world has become so chaotic that we forget how lucky we are to have the people we have around us in our lives. We don't make an effort to sit down for a family dinner anymore because we have "other things" on our minds. These "other things" seem to take the front burner 
in our lives and we unconsciously shove everything else to the back. It seems like such a small thing, sitting down for dinner with the family, but it really means so much more. It means that we are taking time out of our lives to spend with those we care about. It means that we are willing to put that paper that is due next week or that big project at work on the backburner for a while and focus on the people and things in our lives that really matter. A promotion at work or an A in class may get you somewhere, but it costs something as well. It is important to balance the things in life that matter to you. It takes time to be lucky. You put in time at work to get that promotion, time at school to get that A, and time with your family to foster relationships that will last a lifetime. Just a thought inspired by a couple of creative people. :D
in our lives and we unconsciously shove everything else to the back. It seems like such a small thing, sitting down for dinner with the family, but it really means so much more. It means that we are taking time out of our lives to spend with those we care about. It means that we are willing to put that paper that is due next week or that big project at work on the backburner for a while and focus on the people and things in our lives that really matter. A promotion at work or an A in class may get you somewhere, but it costs something as well. It is important to balance the things in life that matter to you. It takes time to be lucky. You put in time at work to get that promotion, time at school to get that A, and time with your family to foster relationships that will last a lifetime. Just a thought inspired by a couple of creative people. :D
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