You cannot help everyone. You cannot solve every problem and conquer every battle that comes barreling your way. There’s a reason for everything and there’s motive in the madness.
Today, I don’t have a directional post. Meaning, this one isn’t about serving or social media or anything really specific for that matter. This blog is my forum to express, well whatever I want- and that must be why it feels so liberating. This past week has felt like life was just throwing curve balls left and right. I fought personal battles, relational battles and had others around me experience heartache. It wasn’t all turmoil but it did spark something inside me. Its absolutely terrifying to me that there are people in this world who feel like they’re alone or who feel as if there is no end to their suffering. Taking things for granted is a real shitty feeling. Waking up in the morning and being able to pour my own coffee, or even being able to have fresh water whenever I want it, and even getting to tell my family everyday that I love them- all the little things I usually don’t take two seconds to think about during my busy days. There is a passage from one of my favorite books called, Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Albom that explains what I’m trying to say better than I could write it:
“The tension of opposites: Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.”
The only things on my mind on a day to day basis consist of what I’m doing, what I’m doing next and all the mindless stuff in-between. We’re so busy moving toward our next destination, our next task that we forget. I know being appreciative is substantially important, however, I really believe in the little moments where you’re laughing with your family or your mom or whoever, and it dawns on you that they make your life so much brighter and you wouldn’t change them for the world. We don’t always say these things out loud and maybe if we did, the world would be a whole lot kinder to one another. I’m not saying to go all Mother Theresa on everyone because let’s be real, some people aren’t worth a minute. All I’m sayin’ is: the little moments of gratitude are so magical and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
Well, that’s just it. I mean, that’s what they all say anyway. You know, that the little things aren’t so little at all. And when we take a step back, we see the little things all come together to make one big thing that consists of our wound up, messy lives. I am so passionate about this blog and have never felt more motivated to let the world (maybe someday) hear my voice and read my words. Because when all the chaos subsides and everyone goes to bed and the world goes kind of quiet, I’m left alone with my thoughts.
I’m trying to take more things into consideration instead of taking more things for granted.
XOXO,
Thanks for reading my chaos.
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