Stepping Outside of My Bubble
I lost my phone this weekend.
It’s probably the one thing I own that is consistently in my hand — whether I’m walking, eating, talking, driving…and yes, even sleeping (it has earned a permanent place on my bed). Losing it has been a royal pain in the butt. I feel so disconnected. Out of touch with the world. Inconvenienced. I mean what is a girl to do now to make that hour long drive to work and back a little more bearable?!
Then it hit me. Maybe that is the point. Maybe I’m not supposed to be checking my email while driving. Perhaps, God spared me my life today or more importantly, someone else’s — had I not lost my phone, what if today would have been the day that would change the course of my future forever? The one moment in my existence I would end up wishing I could turn back the clock and do it a little differently?
Or better yet, maybe I can learn to think outside of myself and consider the people out there who have never even had an opportunity to hold a cell phone in their hand? What about those who have lost things that actually hold real value in life — like a loved one, maybe even a child.
Seriously, me and my first world problems.
I blog about this and expose these thoughts in hopes that I can train myself to step outside of the privileged world — a bubble — that I live in and see the big picture. Hopefully, it will remind others to do the same.
