I had some conversations this week that were deep and meaningful. One was with a friend who knows my history, pain points, and some of the finer details of my life story. She knows so much that she is rarely surprised by anything I say. However, as I was explaining some of the finer details of the last few weeks, she was dumbfounded by some of what I was sharing with her. We laughed so hard, because there was nothing else to do besides laugh at both the predictability and the ridiculousness of it all. She was exactly what I needed. Her exasperation over the events of my life reminded me to see the bigger picture and all that I do on a daily basis to be as healthy as possible.
So, today, I am choosing to see the best in myself by zooming out and looking at my life as a whole. The number of times I have paved my own way, gone against the grain, said the thing that needed to be said, seen the good in people when they were at their worst, chosen authenticity over fakeness, broken family cycles, apologized for my mistakes, chosen healing over bitterness, asked for help, failed, tried again, stayed open and hopeful, and found the beautiful in the midst of the brutal is astonishing.
This is my reminder to you to zoom out on your life when the situation calls for it. You will probably see something that doesn’t seem obvious in the messy middle. In fact, you might just see the best in yourself.
Brutal. The pain points of life.
Beautiful. Deep friendships. Laughing at the predictability and ridiculousness of my life. Seeing the best in myself.
Just another day of . . . This Brutiful Life: The Brutal & Beautiful Moments of My Life.
This Brutiful Life 