A Handful of Fives

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I gave my son 2 twenty pence pieces today. Then I gave his younger sister a small handful of five pence coins. ‘How come she’s got more than me!’ he said indignantly. He swallowed a mouthful of further complains when I told him his sister had only thirty pence, to his forty.

This brought to mind a really important life lesson to me. It’s easy to sink into an inner struggle when we see people who appear to have more than we do. If we took just a second to really think about the quality of the quantity we may see the truth.

What looks like an abundance in units (of blessings), may actually be less when the value of the personalised blessing is taken into account. Let’s not look at our neighbour’s wealth which, on the surface, seems more than we’ve got.

As long as we’ve got peace and soundness of mind, we can still dream, we can still achieve, we can still grow. The largest bank balance is useless to a person who’s lost their peace or presence of mind. Let’s be happy that we can still think and dream big!

One day it'll be my (and your) turn to have 2 twenties instead of a handful of fives.

Here’s to dreams both big and small. Today, I’m really thankful for my dreams!