When you think you are having it bad.

After being without my car for 2 wks due to the dealership blowing up the transmission. I finally get it back. The first night driving back to work I get a phone call from my 16 yr old that he has been in an accident and he is okay but his car is not. Being thankful that he is okay, I decide to get angry. Like 3 days before Christmas I need to deal with the possibility that I will need to get him a new car after just spending $2000 on my car last week. Still trying to pay off credit card debt and the economy as it is. I just decide that " Is it all worth it?" I come in to work where the co-workers are all supportive and I break down crying. I get it together to start work.
Where I see the face of a mother who's 17 yr old is fighting Leukemia and she offers me comfort,knowing that a year ago she lost her husband to cancer,also. Then I deal with a wife who realizes her husband isn't going to survive and she doesn't know how she will live without him. But telling her it is important to tell him it is okay to go, she goes to his side and tells him. She forces out that she will be okay,when inside she knows she won't. She tells us "He has been the most wonderful husband for 30 years and she loves him so much." I see a mother with 2 children younger than school age visiting in the family room with them because they can't go to her hospital room because she is also fighting cancer for her life.
I am so selfish. I can't believe that a car or money would even compare and how little I am for even worrying. I have my children and husband, my family is healthy and we are all together.
We are not facing anything compared to these people. That is why I do what I do. PERSPECTIVE!!!!!!