It's the little things that open my eye's to what should be so obvious

These past couple of months have been really tough on me at work do to several different reasons.  So lately, I have had a very negative attitude towards work.  I often let my emotions take the best of me.  I always feel mentally drained after getting off work.  I try not to be so noticeably upset while I am there because I don't want my negative attitude to feed off to the patients.  It has nothing to do with the patients so I try not to take any frustration out on them.  It's one of those things where you have to make yourself smile and act like nothing it wrong, which hopefully I do okay at.  


Today, after counting down the minutes to 6:00 I darted out that door as quickly as I could.  I had to stop by Publix on the way home to pick up some groceries.  I already had a frustrating day, so the last thing I wanted to do was go grocery shopping.  My goal was to get in and get out as quickly as I could. As I am standing impatiently waiting for the young guy to finish bagging my groceries, he looked up at me and ask me, "how was your day?"  Me, being the impatient frustrated person that I am, I simply looked at him and answered, "fine."  I then immediately felt bad for the tone of voice and shortness I had, so I pulled myself together put on a smile and returned the question back to him.  He then looked at me again with a huge smile on his face and in the most sincere voice said, "very blessed."  For some reason I was caught off guard by his answer.  I then just looked at him and smiled.  


Every frustration from my day and even over the past several months seemed so minor.  I have been harping so much on what is wrong, that I somehow forgot how incredibly blessed I am on a daily basis.  I often complain to God about my horrible day instead of rejoicing and thanking him on the many blessing's he has so graciously bestowed on me on a daily bases.  You could tell by the look and sincerity in the guy's voice and face that he truly meant he felt "very blessed."  He reminded me of how blessed I truly am.  As cheesy as it sounds, I am very happy I went to Publix.  I know that that was a little reminder from God for me to get over myself and realize how fortunate and blessed I truly am.