Perspective
Sometimes, life feels really freaking hard. A bunch of annoying little things add up to a big thing. Or a few medium sized problems hit you, one after the next, and it's easy to get into a pattern of self-pity, or letting that dark cloud above your head follow you around even after those problems are long gone. But today, I got some perspective. And it's not even 8:00 AM yet. First, someone on Facebook posted that their friend, a wife and mother of four, passed away suddenly. Then, I came in to work to find a birthday gift for my son (who is turning one in two days) from a coworker and good friend. Two dichotomous events that both had the same impact on me. There are so many reasons to be thankful, and so much good around me. I need to stop letting myself get caught up in those familiar patterns, listening to the lies that my brain tries to tell me. It's time to make some real changes. It's time to let myself be free.
