Perspective is a funny thing. We go about our daily lives living within this box that is our own perspective. I guess there is no way to get around it, but I feel like I am constantly trying to reach beyond. To see what the world looks like through someone else's reality.
Unlike the majority of the human race, I am not motivated by interpersonal competition. In all honesty, I am perfectly content watching, helping and cheering on as others get out there and "win the race." I know, I know... you are thinking, yeah right! I am not by any means protesting to be a better human being... In fact I am confident that I am not, just motivated differently. I guess you could say that I find my motivation and inspiration through competition also. I just find I am always competing with the same person, with myself. I am constantly looking at myself in the mirror (figuratively of course...) and thinking, I wish I was more, I want to do more, give more, help more.
Today I was able to give a little of myself to support a close friend who is going through a very difficult experience. Its funny how you can wake up in the morning with all the crap in your life running through your mind, and then one quick experience can clear it all out. Today I sat through the closing arguments of a trial that regardless of the outcome will change the lives of many people forever. I don't want to share all the intimate details out of courtesy for my friend, but needless to say it is a day that will live in her memory for the rest of her life.
What I walked away with was perspective. I have found new appreciation for family (both hers and my own), close friendships, and the simplicity of my troubles and the safety that I take for granted on a daily basis. At the end of the day, no matter what challenges I face in life, here are a few things that I know for certain. 1. I will never be homeless. 2. I will never go hungry and 3. I will always have someone who loves me unconditionally. I know these things seem simple, and even silly, but there are many people in this world who are lucky if they can check one of those items off their list.
My goal this month, while the world is posting their "what I am grateful for" posts on facebook every day is to really look at the world around me. To find not just the obvious things to be grateful for each and every day like, "A husband who does my laundry" or "a child who sleeps past 6am after day light savings time" (besides the fact that my daughter did not)... But to look for the things that are difficult to find. I will leave you with this visual... You'll find me looking for the light at the end of every dark tunnel this month - even if it's me with a flashlight screaming, Hey over here!
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