Today's Topic - Perspective

Yesterday was a rough day. Nothing in particular happened but it was frustrations that had piled up that I felt helpless to change. I was angry and stuck in my shit. I drove to the store and as I pulled out of my neighborhood there was a girl on her bike. I didn't see her.

Then the thought ran through my mind, what if I'd hit her? That would have made what I thought was a bad day a really bad day. That put things into perspective for me and I realized that I was giving a situation so much of my power that I was allowing it to infect my day. It also made me realize that I wasn't really having a bad day after all. I have my health, my loved one, family and friends.

I'm grateful it was just a thought that helped me change my perspective and not something terrible that happened to change it. Things are never as bad as we make them out to be. It can always be worse. Practicing gratitude isn't always easy but staying stuck isn't either.