Everything For A Dollar

When my little niece came over to visit, I dreaded seeing her. It's sad really, but she's just one of those younger siblings that are complete little pests and bug away. (I always think ," Wow I hope I didn't annoy my cousins like that." ) But when I saw her, this time it was different. She was much older now, and viewed things in a very different way then when she used to when she was a bit younger. She stood in my room looking around in awe and said ," Dani, if you got a dollar for everything in this room you would be rich...." I didn't think much of it and said ,"Oh don't be silly.." But after she left I thought of how she was right in a way and helped me realize things about myself that I would like to change this upcoming year. I never thought of my room as anything special, but here a little girl looked around and thought it was just great and full of clothes, and jewelry, shoes and furniture. It made me feel as if I'm not as grateful as I should be. Sometimes we don't know how fortunate and lucky we are until we see it through someone Else's eyes. This year one of my goals is to be more grateful and appreciate how easy I really have it.