Ten Commandments, ten restrictions, ten rules—all a misunderstanding. No, it's ten gifts, ten perspectives, ten incredible things that you have in your life. So when you go home tonight, I know there's reason to complain. Maybe the house is a mess. Maybe there's a bill you can't pay. Maybe there's someone who should be married or should have kids but doesn't yet. Maybe your husband or your wife is a little more annoying than you expected on your wedding day. Maybe, just maybe. But instead, why don't you bend down and look into the eyes of that kid, even if he's all over the place? And realize, my child. Why don't you look into the eyes of the next child? Get on the phone with a married kid, put away the other phones in your hands, and talk to the person. Say, “I have a daughter who's married.” Why don't you have a conversation with your spouse, put away your phones, and say, “I have a spouse.” It's a gift.
Walk into your house, close the door, and say, “Wow, it's eight degrees outside. It's as warm as I need it to be inside, exactly the temperature I need. I need 69. If I'm at 72, there are a lot of different opinions. Whatever the number is, I have it exactly the way I want it to be.” Sit down in your bed and say, “I want to have a bed with a box frame.” Go into your restroom and say, “One second, everything is flowing. There's flowing water, there's a sink, there's a shower. Everything here works so easily.” People used to go outside their house in the middle of the night, in the snow, if they needed to use the restroom. You don't even know what that is.
When you have something to eat, pull out something from the pantry, even if you wanted to have something else but didn't have it in the house. You pull out something from the pantry, you pull out something from the freezer. One second. I can make it from frozen. I can make it from thin to edible in two minutes. Ready to go. I've just eaten dinner. Maybe it was leftovers; maybe I'd rather have a fresh steak, but leftovers work too. I am blessed. And I know I have some challenges. And I know I have some things missing in my life. But that's my football game. That's how life was intended to be.