Life without obstacles really isn't life at all. And if you don't slow down to appreciate the small things, it is hard to ever appreciate the things that define you.
To me, life is about focusing on the relationships I have with others, each person adding to my quilt of what makes me, me. How easy it is to get wrapped up in the superficial! When I look at my life, I should not have any complaints. But no one is perfect. There are those things that I wish could be different, people who I wish could think differently, things I feel I have maybe missed the mark on. But that's life. Life is what happens when things get messy, the laughs that make my stomach hurt, the people I've managed to hold on to for better or for worse. Every day something gets added to my quilt, however small or seemingly insignificant: a stitch here, a picture there--an image of what used to be, or what a future day holds.
I love the familiar. I love the not-knowing. I love the journey. And I continue to try and love the most difficult part of it all, loving myself through the building and breakdown of all that is me.
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