Keeping it in perspective

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Yesterday someone shared this saying with me and it rang so true I wanted to share it with you.

"You can't always have the things you love, but you should always love the things you have."

For me it means that I can't have the city life I love but I certainly can love the life have with my family in our beautiful new house.

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