Today I am thankful that I have my health. I know that I take it for granted though and it takes certain incidences to bring me back to earth again and be happy with what I have.
There is a woman who's been shopping in the store I work in for years. She is physically disabled. I have no idea what kind of crippling ailment she may have, but she's very limited in her movements. She goes around the store in her electric wheelchair and buys a few things, placing them in her lap but I've noticed the last few months that she's been going downhill.
Today I was called up to the customer service desk to help her get a few things. I got her items and found her in the freezer aisle. She asked me if I'd help her get to the till and help her pay because she was having trouble controlling her chair.
I helped her pay for her groceries and then asked her if she needed help getting home and she told me she'd appreciate that. I grabbed a vest and proceeded to walk her home which was a few blocks away, controlling her chair as we went.
She was just having a bad day and didn't understand why she was having so much trouble. I felt bad for her but realized as we walked that she didn't want my pity. Along the way we chatted about family and such, just normal things. She told me that her mother was eighty years old and she worried about her getting into a feeble state, just as if there were nothing wrong with her. Mentally she's very sound so her ailment is only physical, trapped in a body which doesn't work properly.
I complain about things in my life once in a while, things which really have no importance in the whole scheme of things. To this woman, everything she does is a challenge and I've heard not one complaint from her.
Today really made me take a second look at my life and to be thankful for what I have. It reminded me not to take anything for granted because one never knows when things will change.
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