Perspective
When I was driving to yoga the other night the lyrics of whatever random song was playing caught my ear…
All the things you take for granted now started out as blessings first.
It resonated with me so much that the second I pulled into the parking lot at the yoga studio I tweeted it because I didn’t want to forget about it. I then thought about it the entire class. It’s one thing to remind yourself to be grateful or count your blessings but I think it’s a totally different thing to look at the things you have and force yourself to remember how much of a blessing they once were even though they may not seem that way now or even may be a hassle at times (owning a house…)
It offered me the perspective I needed on a Sunday evening when I wasn’t feeling overly excited for another week to begin. I’m hoping to carry this thought with me throughout the coming weeks, which are full of lots of busyness and being out of town but also lots of GOOD things (A concert! Bridesmaid dress shopping for my best friends wedding! Mexico!) It’s a good reminder for me to not only count my blessings every day, but count the the things I take for granted in there too.
What quotes have you heard lately that gave you a new perspective?
That is a very, very good quote and one that I feel like is important to remember. Maybe I should read quotes like this to focus on during yoga
I also need to remember this in February. There will be some good parts but some major stress and I don’t want to let the stress take over.
I read a similar quote in a book back in December. I’m pasting it below:
“My daughter squealed again and both Bubba and I winced. It’s not an attractive sound, that. It’s high-pitched and it enters your ear canals like hot glass. No matter how much I love my daughter, I will never love her squealing.
Or maybe I will.
Maybe I do.
Driving down 93, I realized once and for all, that I love the things that chafe. The things that fill me with stress so total I can’t remember when a block of it didn’t rest on top of my heart. I love what, if broken, can’t be repaired. What, if lost can’t be replaced.
I love my burdens.”
Love that quote! It’s so true. I feel like lately when I complain about photography school or what not I need to remember how lucky I am to be here and what could have been the alternative! Thanks for the perspective this morning, Amber : )
A favorite quote of mine this week is from a photographer I really admire. I don’t know why I love it since I’m not a super competitive person or anything.. but it’s a nice reminder:
“I grew the most when I stopped trying to elevate myself and leave everyone else in the dust.”
My all time favourite “quote” is a poem by Marianne Williamson, “Our greatist Fear”. I think I first heard it in the movie Akila and the Bee (the one about the spelling bee championship) and have loved it ever since, whenever I need a “pick-me-up” I read it. It’s so long, I don’t want to cut and paste the whole thing, so just google it.
The first line though is like this: “Our greatist fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are adequate beyond compare…”
That is such a great quote! It really is so, so true and it’s funny how easy we get bogged down by life and forgot how much we are blessed – even by things that seem to be annoyances, like waking up Monday morning to go to our jobs.
That quote is spot on. Reminds me of a saying (not sure it’s exactly a quote, but I’ll count it for this blog): Perspective is everything.
How wrong is it that I first read the title as “pregnantspective”?
One of my favourite quotes is along the lines of ““Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
And it strikes me every time I stumble across it, just how true it is. I think it also brings things back into perspective.
I love that quote, I definitely needed to hear that today too. I’ve been feeling a bit too sorry for myself with the whole knee situation. Sometimes perspective is especially important.
When are you going to be in Mexico for the wedding? I have a wedding to attend in Mexico too
March 16 I leave.
That IS a really great quote and something to keep in my mind. I think it especially applies to family as all of my nephews and my niece are such blessings but sometimes I forget that. I try not to take them for granted, but I need to make sure they know how much I love and appreciate them as they grow up!
I have been feeling inspired lately by bible verses that people have been sharing with me as I go through this relocation process. I have a strong sense of faith, so these verses kind of remind me that God has a plan and it will all be ok in the end.