Let's all play the glad game

On the way to work this morning I saw a cyclist with Cerebral Palsy. There was something about him that was so beautiful. I can't describe it, or explain it, so I won't try. But he was beautiful.

I long for that kind of beauty in my life.

I saw Avenue Q last night. It was a lot of fun. But there was one line in the final number of the show that really go me thinking.

"Everyone's a little bit unsatisfied.
Everyone goes 'round a little empty inside..."

I found it disconcerting. It got me thinking about satisfaction, learning to be content. Am I supposed to go around always wanting more? On one hand that could be what drives us to grow, to further ourselves, to accomplish things. I am having a hard time right now with contentment. I know that I have so much to be thankful for, I have so much in my life that is wonderful, I have so much ahead of me as well. And yet, I am not satisfied. I am wanting more. But this dissatisfaction does not drive me; it eats away at me.

So every time I get upset about something. I think of Pollyanna, and I play the glad game. Sometimes, it's feels like a lot of work to find something to be glad about. But everyday I get a little better at it.

I might get crutches instead of a doll, but I can still be glad that I don't need to use them.