Refocus

We just need to accept that we are who we are,
regardless of what that is or why,
and move on and live life to the fullest.
That's really all that matters.
Enjoying each day we're alive,
because we only get one shot at it, then it's over.
Might as well use that time well.

A friend sent this to me today and it couldn't have come at a better time. Sometimes I need to be reminded of the obvious. I let myself get so bogged down with the heavy stuff that I forget the shadows are not everything.

In fact, if it wasn't for the light I wouldn't even know the shadows are there. They just block a very small part of it.

Somewhere in my life I learned to focus on that small part and let myself believe it is the main thing, but it is not. No matter how dark some part of life becomes, there is still light everywhere else. I just need to turn my head, refocus a bit and be mindful.

It won't make the shadows go away, at least not most of the time, but it sure does put perspective into my life. I would hate to look back someday and discover I had lived most of my life in the little dark spots tucked in here and there when I was surrounded by love and light everywhere else.