Perspective

Isn't it amazing how good news, really good news, has a way of giving you perspective? Things that felt overwhelmingly insurmountable a mere 24 hours prior suddenly feels completely manageable. Dare I say, even easy?

Perspective: to see things clearly; to see things as they are and for what they are.

The thing about perspective though is it seems to be fleeting. At least, I find this to be the case for myself and many others that I know. We see things clearly and it all makes sense. But then, slowly, it starts to blur a bit until we smack up against it another time. "I remember this feeling!" we might think, "I need to hold onto it." and then, out of focus it goes again.

I guess it's like the saying "Life each day as if it were your last." We really can't do that, can we? At least, I couldn't. Nothing would get done. No goals would be set and reached because why set a goal if it's your last day? Why do the laundry or pay the bills of do the shopping? There are parts to that saying that we really should do our best to stay true to - be good to each other, tell those you love that you do, be the best person you can be. But we really can't life each day as if it were our last. Not really.

Gaining perspective is a bit like that, too. I have it - I want to keep it but life has a way of mucking up the "I can handle anything!" feeling. Yes, I feel amazingly wonderful that I received (non)life altering news (it would have altered life if it were bad news but it wasn't bad so therefore it's more in line with non-life altering. Confused yet? Imagine what it is like inside my mind! LOL!) but I know in time I will have days when the reality of life, and what I am forced to experience and deal with, will bring me to my knees and I will forget, for a few moments in time, to be grateful for what I do not have to experience.

I think those moments will be short lived because, from where I sit today, I am very lucky. Very blessed. And I have a TON of perspective.