Kite Runner

I went to Scottsdale to be with my girlfriend for New Years (Hey!) and upon leaving Arizona, I had a long flight back to Charlotte. Katelin had read and loved the book "The Kite Runner," so I borrowed it to occupy my time for 3.5 hours in the air. I was not disappointed. It was captivating and truly well-written. I read 300 pages into the 375 page book during the flight and even though it was fiction, I enjoyed seeing a mental image of the tough realities of people living outside the US, especially in Pakistan, etc.
It makes you appreciate the safety and security you have in the US. What types of problems do we have? We eat too much. In overseas places, these people see more tragedies in a week, nay, a day than we ever will in a lifetime. While we complain about paying over $3 for a gallon of gas while we sit in line for a $4 cup of 16 oz coffee, they are fighting for their lives, just to survive for the next sunrise. Ridiculous. And I am just as guilty as anyone else of taking for granted what God has blessed me with. I pray that He gives me the ability to truly appreciate and understand the richness that I've got instead of allowing my greediness to prevail. I bet you He will find a way...