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The Dance of Good Fortune
This morning as I watched the sun come up over the horizon I was thinking about how lucky we are in North America. We celebrated Canada Day last Thursday and the US will celebrate Independence Day today.
I sponsor a family of five in Paraguay, the Martinez Family. In their village, the houses are made of mud and there is one communal latrine for about 50 houses. There is a community of ladies that keeps an eye on them and cares for them and distributes sponsorships through CCF. When the family I’m in touch with first got electricity in their home it was the most magical day for them. It has introduced them to music they wouldn’t otherwise hear and dishes they couldn’t otherwise make. It made them the most fortunate in their community. They were, and continue to be, thrilled. Everyone in my community has power, but we don’t celebrate every time we switch on a light switch. Does that make us any less fortunate? I think it does, in a way. Sure, we pay for the power, but the point I’m trying to make is we HAVE power, we HAVE running water, we HAVE roofs over our head that we can depend on. For many on this planet, these are reasons to stop and marvel. For many, they are unobtainable dreams. How many of us stop and marvel at our good fortune? Fortune is a matter of perspective. People come from all over the world to enjoy our good fortune. They make brilliant lives from nothing at all; they become huge contributors on the world stage, because of our good fortune. Yet, some people born here, who are not given everything they need in life in an easy, lazy way – feel life threw them a bad deal, life is out to get them. Some people, if given the chance, would adamantly push people away from trying to come here from war torn countries to dance in our good fortune. How fortunate can they be to carry that kind of hate around with them - that lack of compassion? So the question I ask today is this: Who is the more fortunate? a) The person who has little but knows and values their good fortune no matter what b) The person who has more than 90% of people on this planet, but considers themselves unfortunate May you have a week of recognising your independence and your pure potential with all of the resources you have
- but most importantly, may you recognise, celebrate and share, your good fortune.  
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