Goodbyes... I don't like them much. For the most part. Some goodbyes are good goodbyes. Some are sad. Some are needed. Some hurt. Some are temporary, and some are permanent. Even when you don't choose them to be.
Goodbyes bring about a time of reflection, at least for me. They make me look around my life. They make me listen harder. They make me see things I didn't see before. I think goodbyes keep me grounded in reality, even if that's not where I want to be. People change and places change, just when you start getting comfortable. That's the hard part. Or maybe, it's not. With all that goes on in this crazy, busy world... I don't ever forget the goodbyes.
I want the goodbyes to bring about something good. Even if they hurt. I want to learn from them. I want to learn to be a better listener - before another goodbye. I want to enjoy each moment of my life and all who enter into it with me - before another goodbye. I want to know I did all I could do - before another goodbye. I cherish this gift of life I've been given, and I want to use it to the full. To be better.
With every goodbye I find a quiet hole in my soul that stays empty. And I think that's okay for a while. Then I start to fill it with the promise of "hope." Not all the way full though... I want to be able to remember what I need to remember.
Be Blessed...
Cheri ♥
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Reality Check...
People seem to go about their days, absorbed in the little details, as if it's all those little details that matter the most. A bad day at work, the crazy man behind the wheel in front of you, the wait in line at the store, the rain ruining your hair, dirt on the carpet, the carryout taking too long, fingerprints on the windows... All the little details that consume us. Or distract us.
We don't seem to have our priorities in order: God, family, friends, then all the rest. Things get scattered in the busy of life. They get lost in the rush and the hurry and the constant struggle to keep up. They're hidden from our view because all we can see is what's here and what's now. And we worry about where to go next, and what to do with this and that. We can get caught in the madness and believe it's real. Until something happens to suddenly shake us awake.
Then we sit in the silence of our thoughts, wondering how all those trivial things became so important. How they consumed all the precious minutes and hours and days. How they distracted us from what matters the most. And in an instant, that grip of fear runs through you... that it may be too late to get the order of importance where it should have been all the time.
Who and what matters the most? What exactly are your priorities?
It's time for a reality check...
In love and with blessings,
Cheri ♥
We don't seem to have our priorities in order: God, family, friends, then all the rest. Things get scattered in the busy of life. They get lost in the rush and the hurry and the constant struggle to keep up. They're hidden from our view because all we can see is what's here and what's now. And we worry about where to go next, and what to do with this and that. We can get caught in the madness and believe it's real. Until something happens to suddenly shake us awake.
Then we sit in the silence of our thoughts, wondering how all those trivial things became so important. How they consumed all the precious minutes and hours and days. How they distracted us from what matters the most. And in an instant, that grip of fear runs through you... that it may be too late to get the order of importance where it should have been all the time.
Who and what matters the most? What exactly are your priorities?
It's time for a reality check...
In love and with blessings,
Cheri ♥
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