I was idly watching VH1 this morning and happened to see the new Sarah McLachlan video, World on Fire. If you haven't seen this video already, look for it. It's amazing. I wept openly sitting with my daughter who couldn't read all the words on the screen. I tried to explain it to her in a way she could understand and in a way that wouldn't worry her.

I sat there and realized how utterly grateful I need to be for the things I have in my life, the things I take for granted every day. And don't we all? In our comparatively easy lives, it's all too easy just to go along to get along, to not see the inequity, to complain about our lots when we've been blessed by the origin of our birth.

I can't get the woman out of my head. The one who works two jobs then sells oranges at night to raise the $200 it costs to send her son to school for one year. For one year. That amount of money isn't a lot to most of us. We're pretty low income, but $200 isn't a crazy amount of money even to us. If we needed it, we could scrape it together.

It just made me think and was enough to bring me out of my funk about our financial situation. I have so much to be grateful for, even for the small amount of money we have. We are rich.

Here are the lyrics...

The worlds on fire its more then I can handle
Ill tap into the water try and bring my share
Try to bring more, more then I can handle
Bring it to the table Bring what I am able
Hearts are worn in these dark ages
Youre not alone in these stories pages
The light has fallen amongst the living and the dying
And Ill try to hold it in Yeah Ill try to hold it in

I watch the heavens but I find no calling
Something I can do to change whats coming
Stay close to me while the skys falling
I dont wanna be left alone dont wanna be alone

Hearts break hearts mend love still hurts
Visions clash planes crash still theres talk of saving souls still colds closing in on us
We part the veil on our killer sun
Stray from the straight line on this short run
The more we take the less we become
The fortune of one man means less for some