Bonus

So something unusual happened yesterday: I got a bonus.

I could, of course, make all the usual complaints: it's not enough, I worked harder than this, etc. However, it's interesting to me because this is the first bonus I've received in two years.

Two years? Last year was due to the layoff - literally weeks before they would have been issued. You don't miss something until it's gone.

And it's good this year because I have a reason to be thankful for it: so many people have lost their jobs, so many are going without the additional compensation, and here in the midst of things, I got free money.

Sometimes we get so caught up in amounts and how we should feel when gratified that we fail to simply be thankful.

Thanks God!