ignorance is bliss...

while watching little miss sunshine tonight i couldn't help but wonder what the world would look like through the eyes of its main character olive? towards the end she is performing at a beauty pagent and has no clue about the sad things that are occuring around her. the creepy host, the over-done poor girls, the people trying to stop her, the stresses of her family, etc. she doesn't see it, what she does see is that she is performing a routine that she and her late-grandfather spent HOURS perfecting.
what if i went through life, in an unselfish way, focused on me? i am slowly learning that i will bend over backwards to please everyone but myself. truthfully i shouldn't be striving to please my peers here on earth, rather God, but my priorities always are skewed.
i feel as if i have misplaced the rose-colored glasses i once used to wear and can no longer truly enjoy life because i am so worried about whether or not others are enjoying theirs.
oh to be a child again...