Staying focused on your core, your reason

Keeping your center, your core, your *reason* in view at all times is the best way to get through challenges in other areas of life. I know this well. Those other things will let you down. They have a loud voice but little substance. They make you feel like they're the priority but the courtesy is not reciprocated. And here's the thing: They're not what you'll think about when you're on your deathbed. 

No matter how much effort you put into something, no matter how much of yourself you give, no matter how much you try to always try to do the best, right thing... you're not guaranteed to be treated well or to be treated fairly in this life. You're not guaranteed to be acknowledged or appreciated. And it's hard to take the energy from the ache it causes in your chest and redirect those energies to your attitude and gratefulness, but you have to in order to have a fulfilling life. How has wallowing in negativity ever helped anyone?

I'm taking this to heart right now, because, despite disappointments and gut-punches this week, I still have more than I will ever deserve and more than some people will ever have. And so I choose to focus on my attitude and just be grateful. The rest will pass. It still sucks; but it will pass. And anyway my *reason* is here in front of me, it's alive and well, it has roots, it's my support system, and it's what's about to get my energy. This. Not that. 

​#stayingcentered #thisismyfocalpoint#findahappyplace

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