I was in my favorite local bookstore today, and as I walked around I realized something. When I first began going to that bookstore, it was very overwhelming and I couldn’t find anything. It’s a used bookstore and things are everywhere, and there’s a variety of things in general (records, tapes, video games, books, comics, vhs and dvd, audio book, cards, etc.).
I thought of how deftly I move through the bookstore now, and how much more satisfaction each trip in there provides, now that I know how to look. I know where the cheaper books are, and I know how to steer around what I’m not interested in to find my favorite sections.
And I hearkened back to Ann Voskamp’s book “One Thousand Gifts” which talks about the way we see the world around us. How many of us don’t know what to look for or where to find it because we don’t see with eyes of thanks. The more time we spend learning where and how God blesses us, we begin to have more satisfaction with the life we have all around us. Frustration is replaced with peace. Fleeting happiness is replaced with joy. When we see with thanks.
Just reminded me of that as I looked for a couple of good used books this afternoon.
