V: Good morning, Don.
D: Good morning, Vicki.
V: Today's Power for Today teaches us to be thankful for our warm houses and dry beds.
D: The author says that he loves to go camping.
V: One of his pleasures is to pack up his camping "gear" or equipment, hook up his boat to the back of the car, and then go camping and fishing for a few weeks.
D: Only this time, the weather was very hot and the rain never stopped.
V: In his mind, his vacation which he had "anticipated" (which means "look forward to") was a disaster.
D: But then when he returned home and complained to his daughter, she reminded him that many people in the world do not have warm houses and dry beds to come home to.
V: He says that he was shocked at his own "lack of perspective." What do you think he meant by that?
D: "Perspective" means point of view. So I think he is saying that he could not see the bigger picture.
V: Right. He was complaining so much about his problems, that he forgot about so many people in the world who suffer daily much more than he does.
D: He had become selfish and thought about just himself.
V: If we think about ourselves all the time, we cannot see the suffering of others.
D: You are right. Let's try to change our perspective today and have "grateful hearts."
V: And as you do that, you will have a good one.
D: You too.