7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Early Thursday morning, I got a message from my church's Assistant Minister, Rev.Canon Ajomale. I was inspired by the message and thought it best to equally share it. In it, is a weighty lesson to be learnt, intimating us that the greatest things on earth are the seemingly small and mostly invisible things all around us: if only we'll be discerning and insightful enough to know and appreciate them.
We seem laden by all the struggles of life to appreciate those things that mean so much to us and similarly, we are often carried away by the sheer monumental size of certain issues that we give no credence to the small but important ones in our world today.
Below is the message and I hope it'll have a meaningful impact in your life as it has in mine.
As always, God bless.
Papi.

""A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World."Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:1. Egypt's Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter's Basilica 7. China's Great Wall. While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help." The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:1. to see2. to hear3. to touch4. to taste5. to feel6. to laugh7. and to love." The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.These are free gifts from God we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted. If you wake up each day and have all these then you have all the wonders of the world. If wealth is the secret to happiness,then the Rich should be dancing on the streets. But only Poor Kids do that. If power ensures security,then top Officials should walk unguarded. But people who live on roadside seem to feel more secure. If beauty brings ideal relationships, then glamour celebrities should have the best marriages but, they have one of the worst relationships. That's why we ought to ...Live simply...Walk humbly and Love genuinely!!! Every extra day given to us by God is a reminder of how close we are to the grave. Why not use each of these gifts to say THANK YOU, LORD and GLORIFY HIM, as well as,  DOING YOUR BEST TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR GENUINELY"".