A Life You Love

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you do not have. Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

It is so hard to solely focus on the things that we have. Society is always focused on getting more of what we don't have. Focusing on the holes in your "I want" tank slowly makes the things that you do have less shiny. Your attention is continually drawn to the areas of life that seem dull when, in all reality, the beauty of life is extremely bright. 

Looking back, it always amazes me how it seems like my life has been so well planned. Here's a secret...I feel like I've kinda just stumbled along and put the pieces in place as I've tripped along. It is beautiful though. Everything just seems to make sense and is meant to be. What is harder to see (or to remember) are all the times that life did not at all seem to make sense. All those times that I felt hurt, heartbroken, or fearful of the future. Isn't it true that, although you know you lived through those, you mostly remember happy memories? Why can't we do that in the moment? Day-to-day, it is SO easy (and often a human default setting) to obsess about the bad, wish for something more, and forget that where we are today will, very soon, be part of that beautiful road that we can see looking back...it will all seem to make perfect sense. 

There are a million things very comforting about that. Maybe (definitely) focusing on the sunshine of every day can make it even sweeter.