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Perception: How we see things, not necessarily how it really is

Anything can be hard or easy, good or bad, fun or boring. It all depends on one’s point of view. I often find myself complaining about soo much and when I see someone who has far less than me or is actually going through tough times, I step back and see that my perspective has been zoomed in on the negatives of my situation. To the point where it is everything.

For example, when I haven’t travelled in a while(I’m an addict) I start to feel suffocated. Like everything is routine, numbing, and taking away years from my life. I know, pretty dramatic.

However, I have started to start saying the things that are positive about my situation, regardless of me not traveling. I have my faith, the best of gift of ALL 🙂

I have my health, my family, a great job, live in a wonderful city where the weather is pretty neutral. A great community and friends. And after stating all that, well I am overwhelmed with all the blessings in my life. The girl that was sulking is now on cloud 9, wondering how she was ever down on earth.

God is light and his light envelops me.

Patience: Being at peace with the process of life. Or, as I like to say, being grateful while working toward what we want.

This virtue is by far the hardest for me. It is my TEST in life. I am probably at a negative for patience and it drives me crazy most of the time. However, I am being forced into circumstances where I have to be patient and practicing gratitude is what keeps me afloat.

Many times when I want to move forward in life and I feel stuck, I focus on my perspective of the situation and try to be in the moment. Take a few breaths, sometimes even meditate. Quran helps with my anxiety, and all in all remember that there is beauty in this moment. That one day I will long for this time, so I must appreciate it.

Even in my health journey, I have had to be patience with myself and always check my perspective so that I can be positive and motivated to keep going.

~All that exists is this moment, not tomorrow & certainly not yesterday.