Everything is not bad

Everything that happens to us is not bad.  It is the way it is perceived.  We have been taught since we were "knee high to a grasshopper" that we are being punished by God for what is happening to us.  What if we're not?  What if it is a kick in the pants to get us to look at a situation differently?  What if it is just a matter of looking at it from a different angle?  Maybe it is not trying to find the answer because the answer might be staring you in the face and we are so blocked by thinking, we can't see it.  There are times that pulling back is what we need to do.  Extract ourselves from the situation.  Take a step back to look at it.  Answers may not come.  Maybe we just needed the breather.  Maybe the step away needs to be more permanent.  We may not be able to physically remove ourselves.  Our minds are beautiful things.  If we limit our minds, we lose our greatest gift.  Imagination can take us anywhere we need to be.

Families

The saying goes you can pick your friends not your family.  Who is to say your family wasn't picked for you.  We think we are so evolved.  The human emotion hasn't evolved compared to technology.  We still let old hurts get to us.  New hurts are just the old hurts regurgitated.  When do we start letting go and move on?  I have started to let go.  I am tired of the same old shit delivered to me in different ways.  I choose how I react to this invasion of my space and my integrity.  I CHOOSE!