[Sometimes I think it's cheap to post other peoples stuff in place of my own thoughts...but I'm making an exception to that rule. At least for today.]
My best friend sent me this today. I love it because I find myself getting sucked into petty dramas lately. They have little do with the the direction of my life…yet they do because I pay attention to them at the expense of my current happiness. It’s another one of those subtle paradoxes we all live with.
Not sure how to punctuate this next part…but WTH?
You know what I’m talking about, right? Defending ourselves against half-truths (the truth comes out in the end anyway so why work so hard to convince people otherwise?)…discussions about “what I would do if that was me,” (it’s not…so knock it off)…jealousies for what others have and fears about what we might lose. (It’s probably best to look at what we DO have and treasure them while we have them. It’s tough to be jealous when you feel so lucky.)
Anyhow…I love this little thing because slowly but surely I’m able to find some of the humor I left behind when more intense dramas were a part of our lives. It’s a different kind of intensity now…living with the absence of someone who was such a big part of our lives…but what I know now is that life unrolls the way does…much of it in our control…more of it not.
We have immense control over who we surround ourselves with. I’m going with the laughers because it’s true…life is very, very short. So just like this bit of wisdom suggests…find yourself some laughers…and keep them close. They are the one’s who “get it” and they will make our life here better. (The funny thing is they don’t even have to try. I love that about them.)
