Writing about this seems familiar, but it really is something that I constantly struggle with. Maybe I miss the little things in life because I am so goal-oriented. I am trying to get there more than I am trying to be there.
Last Friday, God showed me how much I was missing. What would it be like it I got to heaven and realized I completely missed life? What would it be like if I realized that I had missed the little things because I was only looking for the big things. I think, at the end of my life, those "little things" are going to look a lot bigger. 
On Friday, all of a sudden, I heard that the birds were singing beautifully. How did I miss that? I was so caught up in my "to do" list that I didn't get to enjoy the birds singing in the drizzling rain until God showed me. Since Friday, I have been trying to be thankful for the little things and I've realized how much it adds to my life. Joy and peace are more constant when I am looking for little things to be thankful for. Also, I can often be disappointed in life when my goals don't get met. When I put my hope in the Lord, and find my joy in His small blessings...my life will be worth living because my life will be a thankful life. I think that the blessings I count can, in the end, outweigh the disappointments. 
I need to start recording in a journal or somwhere the blessings that I find from God. God has given us so many spectacular things to enjoy- are they worth passing up in the race to find something bigger?
Psalm 46:10
"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I willbe exalted in the earth."
1 Chronicles 16:34
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. "
