the key to your universe is that you can choose - frieseke
Maybe this post would be more appropriate for a day closer to new years eve, but I can't help but reflect on the past year whenever I think about the fact that it's December, almost Christmas, and that I'm in a completely different place now than I was this time last year. (Though it seems every month i've been in a different place, and I guess we all have!).
From New York to LA, 2008 has literally come full circle.
I've experienced so many different things this year and I've met amazing people and made really good friends. I'm so grateful for all of it.
So with a new year begins a new relationship (!), new possibilities, renewed hope and an unshakable optimism. I don't know if I deserve all of this happiness, but I hope the universe knows that I'm not taking it for granted.
I've experienced a lot of highs and lows this year, like the majority of us, but I know I garnered more insight and capability to handle things. In other words, I've grown a lot. The world can seem like such a cold and ugly place, and for so long I saw it in black and white, and there would be good days where bursts of color would sear across the day like an imp of colored ink splashing across plain and boring newsprint, but for the most part I was stubbornly set on being miserable. I'm sure I will experience moments like that to come, but the point I'm trying to get to is that so much beauty is disguised as plain and ordinary. And I know if I'd have bothered to look past it, to examine everything more closely, I could see it's not all bad. Easy for me to harp on now that I'm enveloped in bliss because of Bobby right? Haha.. but really...
Think of a handful of sand. Whether it's tan or white, all you see is a handful of grainy sand. We can't see the beauty of it with our eyes, but if we could, this is what it would look like:
Isn't it gorgeous?. But it reminds me that we choose our attitude. I've heard that quote before, and I've always disliked it, but it's true. I can hold a handful of sand and think "ok, sand. grainy. not particularly awesome. no big deal", or I could just appreciate the fact that there is so much more to it than I could ever see. Like life in general.
Anyway. Thanks to all of you for sticking with me through the year =)
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But that is an actual piece of sand? Under a microscope, I assume. They're all gorgeous.
It's hard to choose your attitude, but I'm trying really hard lately to live by that idea. But I have learned that if you look at any situation, you can usually find at least one positive/informative thing about it. I think this means I'm making progress in my search for nirvana (not the band). Haha.
Maybe it's not.
I usually don't know what I'm talking about.