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“There is beauty all around.”
I tweeted that the day of Baby Gavin’s funeral.
It was as true then as it is today.
There is beauty everywhere and always.
Sometimes, when you’re “knee deep in the thick of life,” as I like to say, it’s so easy to get focused on your feet. To feel the weight of the world as it threatens to CRUSH your very soul. We’ve all been there. Don’t you dare dream, for even an instant, that I think grief and pain are exclusive to me or my individual set of circumstances. We’ve all got our “stuff,” and as a runner, I’ll tell you what, it only takes a very small pebble to bring you to your knees.
Life gets heavy . . . and oftentimes so.
Even the small stuff can feel completely and totally insurmountable.
Sometimes it’s not fair. Sometimes we feel all alone. Sometimes we can’t see any way up and out. Sometimes we literally feel like we’re being SUFFOCATED.
I’ll tell you this: “Look up!” Get your eyes off your feet and up to the Heavens, because there’s ALWAYS something to be grateful for.
In gratitude, there is healing.
In gratitude, there is relief.
In gratitude, there is hope.
In gratitude, there is companionship.
In gratitude, there is comfort.
In gratitude. . .there is God.
And there really is beauty all around.
See, I told you so.
xx,
Me