Take the Drive-Roll Down the Windows
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Enjoying Your Life RIGHT NOW
“Want to go for a drive?”
This simple phrase sends my pups into a frenzy! Their excitement is overflowing and their joy is tangible!
This energy is what we should be living for each day, but when we are struggling we find ourselves consumed and can only see the problems, to the positives.
I remember coming back home after losing my mom. I had spent a full month back in Illinois helping my family navigate our loss and returning to my life here in Arizona seemed surreal. My mom and I were best friends, I called her everyday, mostly just for small talk but she was a great listener in times of need. I vividly remember one day, not long after the funeral, driving in my car and thinking, “I need to call monad tell her about….” when my heart dropped and I realized for the first time that she wasn’t ever going to be there again for my call. At that moment I felt the whole world must see the tears streaming down my face and hear my heart ripping in two. At the red light I looked to my left and to my right at the cars on either side of me. I knew they had to be seeing my pain, wondering what could be making me this sad, but instead I saw people in their own world, signing along to music, talking on their phone, laughing with their friends. No one saw my pain! They were living their life, and my life was at a stand still.
That was the moment that I realized that no matter what I was going thro9ugh, the world kept going, the hours kept passing, the days kept moving forward.
I have never felt so alone in my sorrow as I did in that split second at a red light.
What I learned was that no matter what was happening in my life, the world kept turning and I was there and I had purpose.
I firmly believe that each morning I wake and have breath in my lungs that I am to serve a purpose. That is the day when my thinking changed and for the better. Yes, I need to deal with my pain, but I cannot let it run my life and destroy my and my goals.
Even when things had hit rock bottom for me, with my mom’s passing, I had a family, healthy sons, a loving husband, my father. I may have had a bum leg, but I also had creativity, energy, drive, and passion.
My dogs, here, just living in the present. No looking back and no worrying about tomorrow.
My point: No matter what struggles we face in life, we have even more things to be grateful for. We have people in our lives worth fighting for, and we have PURPOSE!
So often we forget to find joy in the simple things, especially when we feel frustrated, in pain, or fearful, but they are still their, it’s just that our focus has shifted away from good and positive to negativity and al that is falling apart.
This week, I want you to find your joy again. I want you to see past your pain and struggles and find the purpose joy my dogs find in an open window on a drive. Find the beauty in the little things and count your blessings!
This week our battlecry is simple: Seek the positive and blessings in your life.
Find joy in the small things, don’t allow negativity, pain, and fear to derail you so much that you forget to see all the good around you.
This is a choice, and one we must profess everyday, lest we forget.
Be strong, dear warriors, and find your purpose and passion.
This valley will end, as all cycles do in life, just don’t sit their waiting for the struggle to end to find happiness, you must seek it now, and when you do you will find that your situation won’t feel as bleak and hope will rise up in you.
So get after it and seek the positive.
Don’t wait to enjoy the drive.
Get out there, roll down those windows and let the wind hit your face. I bet you’ll feel more alive than ever and find inspiration in your life once again.
I pray you find joy in the little things this week and until next time,
Be Healthy,
Be Happy,
Be YOU!!!
Much love,
Live courageously! Live in the present!