But Look at All You Have!

There are endless ways to acknowledge and magnify the imperfections in our lives by giving them way more attention than we do to what is RIGHT with us. There was a time only recently when to the external eye it might appear I lost it all--my whole world seemed to be crumbling and everything I knew and loved--including my most important relationships----were at an instant gone. Try telling someone how lucky they are about this or that when they are curled up in their grief and unable to take a breath. But even I, when I was able to pick my head up and look around, was able to notice that through the darkness of the smoldering lava, fresh green sprouts were popping through. At first almost imperceptibly, then gradually and consistently I am reminded of the people I have left, the physical and emotional strength that remains with me, the ability I have to figure things out and to move myself and my loved ones forward and out of the abyss of sorrow.
Yes, Friends, when loss moves in like the darkness of a tornadic sky, center yourself and just wait. Before long you will feel the relief of a tender ray of sunlight on your cheek. And you will know that there is still so much to be grateful for.