Just for today

I have this bookmark titled 'Just for today' and something that stuck out to me was 'Just for today I will be unafraid... I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me'

Life sucks sometimes. Really, I won't sugar coat it. Something that always stuck with me was an interview Jennifer Aniston had after splitting with her husband where she said "Life is tough, get a helmet." (I'm still looking for a helmet that is durable enough..!) Life can be cruel and unfair, but can also be beautiful and supportive. Sometimes when I am mad at my circumstance, and thinking that my life is totally unfair and repeating over and over 'Why me...' I sometimes just need to look around to see how lucky I truly am. 

Yes, I have had a bad past, yes some things in my life have made it difficult to move on from that comfortable feeling of pity and upset, but life is good. I encourage you to look at the grand scheme of things and put things into perspective. Yes, life is tough, God only knows I know that all too well, but, once I step back and look to my surroundings, the friends in my life, my support groups, my family and the good things I have going for me, I'm able to get through a lot more if I had not taken a step back. 

Today I had an awful day, but once I took that step back, just for today (that moment even) I was able to appreciate the good things in my life, and I know that things, will work out one way or another. Just for today, I encourage you to look at all the positive things in your life, and not to let the negative affect you and make you afraid.. of anything. 

Love,

Anonymous