Birthday Ephiphany Remembered

A Tardy Report from the Queen of Obvious Epiphanies (part 2):

Since forgetting my birthday epiphany in the local grocery store, I remembered it and forgot it at least three separate times. I’m 30 now, so I will learn my lesson and write it down. For posterity, no, really just for me, here it is:

You only notice what you’re missing and at the same time you only notice what other people have. For everyone, what you’re missing seems to be the only thing that matters. But once you get what you were missing, you begin to notice other missing pieces. You will never be satisfied as long as you are concentrating on absence.

DUH. But it took me 30 years to articulate this.

To illustrate my point, I will begin this experiment: instead of looking at women with children and saying, Look at what I don’t have, I will look at myself and acknowledge what I do have: free time, tight stomach, disposable income, full night’s rest, a room of my own that’s not filled with plush toys.