Saturday, November 8, 2008

keeping it in perspective

heard from a customer this morning.
she's been down the breast cancer road before,
having had one breast removed.
now they were worried about the other...

she wrote to tell me she was okay!
and she sent me pictures of her nine year
old daughter.

nothing like seeing the children to bring
it all home. she said she was well aware
of the fact that she didn't have to be here
to see that birthday.

man.
it's so fragile, isn't it?

it all is.
life is.
relationships are.
the whole deal.

i have some stuff to work thru with my guy
today.

i just don't want to.
it's hard and it's a ton of work.
and i've got all these emotions in me i just
don't feel like dealin' with....

and then i think of how fragile it all is.
life.
relationships.
the whole deal.

i'll do the work.
i know it's worth it.
i know i have to.

i guess it's kinda like eating right and exercising
and doin' all that stuff.....
you gotta do that with a relaionship too....
by the time we're done, i'm gonna be so
glad we did it.

it's just the starting it that's the hard part...

watching what's inside of me, i don't feel a heck
of a lotta gratitude again.
here we are again.
low on the gratitude scale.

knowing how important that is, i'm tryin' hard to
notice when i have it and when i don't.

i step back and think of the note i got this morning.

yeah.

that makes it a lot easier to step to another angle
and feel it.

i think if i can go into this whole thing today
feeling gratitude, it will change everything.......

gonna keep that note close to my heart this morning
and remember all that i have....

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