Blink of an eye...

You spend every day, all day working towards goals - short and long. Maybe it's just about the monthly bills that day. Maybe it's about the dream home you want to own years from now. No matter what it always seems to be something different than that moment. Even when you can pause your life and recognize the moment, do you see all of it or just what is in front of you?

In a blink of an eye...

you can feel so much frustration and anger that you lash out at someone you love

you can feel so much sorrow that you focus on tomorrow ignoring today's pain

you can create a new life

you can cut someone out of your life refusing to seize control of your emotions

you heal wounds years deep just by apologizing

you can have your life handicapped when your transportation disappears

you can love and hate, end and create...

all in the blink of an eye.

Someone very close to me summed up how I've been living my life all in one cliche; unfortunately, I can't think of anyone close to me living any differently. As he said, "We all can't see the forest through the trees."

What do you do when you see the forest?

Bit by bit I'm working on it. Bit by bit I choose what is worth the struggle now and what just needs time. Bit by bit I look back recognizing my mistakes, faults, and things that I never had control of. The plan is to learn to see the forest more often...

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.