Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Greetings, loved ones. Let's take a journey...

It's crazy to think about how perspective changes everything. Everything. Have you ever seen a peacock from the back? Not that it doesn't look sort of interesting, but it's NOTHING compared to the beauty that you see from the front. Maybe you need to walk around a situation to see the beauty in it. Just think about THAT for thirty seconds. By the way, someday I will get this tattooed on my back (okay, probably not, but my shadow archetype wants to).

Today it's hitting me, once again, how the little things really are the big things. It's not the big moments in life that make your whole life worth living. They do provide highlights, and you may always look back and remember them the most distinctly, but what makes your day-to-day existence worthwhile? Figure out what cultivates that inner calm and surround yourself with those things. There will always be more than enough negativity to deal with, so stop waiting for the next big moment and start stringing together as many little moments as you can. In fact, maybe sometimes you can try to BE a little moment for someone else. Yes, go be little rays of sunshine (some of you won't need to try as hard, since you tend to blind people with your...we'll call it "radiance," *ahem* Siobhan Stewart). Happy Hump Day, everyone.