Coming back to normal

I am not exactly sure how long it has been since I last blogged but I had my hernia surgery last week. Through this whole experience, it has made me realize how much I shouldn't take for granted. A lot of us might get caught up on the fact that we dont have the best car or the most money and think that if we have better things then it will make us a better person or more whole as a human being. This thought process simply does not work. I am simply thankful that I am alive even though I wasn't close to dying. I am just so appreciative of the life I have and I am very content with the fact that I don't have illness or have to be in the hospital all the time. It makes me think of when life isn't going so well and people will say "at least you have your health". It is so important that we have our health because without it, life becomes a lot more difficult. I would much rather have my health and be healthy than to have a great deal of money or many material things. This whole ordeal has made me feel like crap at the way I have treated God who is supposed to be the most important part of my life. I have often put Jesus on the back burner because of how content I have been with the way I live my life. My life is so much bigger than I am. What I want to explain in my previous statement is the fact that other people and other things should be more important than me. I just want to become a lot less selfish. I want to spend time with others and work on my relationships with people rather than keeping to myself. I need others in my life to keep me grounded and humble. I want to spend time with others because everyone needs somebody to talk to and be with. I want to spend more time in prayer knowing what God wants me to do with my life and spend time praying for others. I just want to thank all of those who prayed for me and for all of those people in my life who have affected me in some way or another. I just want to become more like Christ but in general a better person who puts the needs of others before himself.