Looking Around
"Do not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness."
~James Thurber~
We look back in anger at the people who've hurt us, the furstrations we've felt, the bad luck we've endured. We look forward in fear at the possiblilty that we might lose our job, contract a disease, or suffer the death of a loved one.
The place we need to be is right here, right now - not looking anxiously at what has been or what might be, but fully aware of what is.
I take a deep breath, knowing that I'm lucky to be alive. I have survived challenges in the past and will survive challenges in the future. Nothing need distract me from living my life today.
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