How Do You See Your Life?

I love this wisdom story , it reminds me to look at the big picture. Not to focus on the day to day circumstances and become so consumed by them. But to trust that every person or situation, be it big or small, is there for a reason.

If we could see the big picture we could then say "Aha! That's why that happened! Because if that hadn't happened I would not have been here, or met this person ....etc"

God knows the big picture, and He loves you. So trust that everything is unfolding just as it should. The power you have is to "perceive" it in a positive or negative way. You get to choose! Enjoy.

"Good Luck... Bad Luck"

There was once an old man who had one son and a horse. One day, his horse broke free and went galloping off to freedom in the nearby hills. The man's neighbours sympathized with him, "What very bad luck to have lost your horse," they said. "Why do you say that?" replied the old man. "Who is to say whether it is bad luck?"

And sure enough, the very next night the horse returned, and behind him came twelve wild horses, which he had led back home with him.The man's son quickly closed the gate of the paddock, and instead of one horse, they now had thirteen. And the neighbours stared at the paddock the next morning and said, "What extraordinary good luck - to have thirteen horses!" "Why do you say that?" the old man replied. "Who is to say whether it is good luck?"

A little while later, the old man's son went out riding one of the new horses. But the horse was still wild, and it threw the boy off its back, and the boy fell and broke his leg. The neighbours came round to the old man, to commiserate, "what very bad luck", they said, "that your son has broken his leg." "Why do you say that?" the old man asked them. "Who is to say whether it is bad luck?"

And indeed, a short while later, the militia came to the village, conscripting all the able-bodied young men to go to fight in the war, where many of them would lose their lives. But when they saw the old man's son lying there with a broken leg, they passed him by and went on their way." "How lucky you are," the neighbours said. And the old man smiled.

-Source unknown.

Have an awesome day.

Maria Portas.

These Days Hurt!

Happy Father's Day to all those wonderful father's out there, you so deserve to be celebrated and loved! If only you knew how much you mean to your children and partners... great men build great families.

So many families getting together today, bonding, loving and yet there are still many of us that days like these eg. Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentines Day, Christmas, actually point out where we have gone wrong, or what is missing in our lives. These days hurt.

I am a strong, sensitive woman who always sees the positive in everything, so everyday I am blessed with the love that I see around me. So lack is not what I dwell on. But give me one of these special days, and the loneliness begins to rise in my body and my eyes are constantly filled with tears.

These days are beautiful to many, but they are also a reminder of the father that may have died, the father that may have left, the man, your children's father, that you should be celebrating this day with. Not that it should be that man, but it just triggers in you that hey maybe there is something missing in your life.

For me it's that special man, that I would love to celebrate today with. That even though he may not be the father of my children. He would represent that in our family, he would be the one to show my children how men treat their partners/wives/mothers, he would complete our family.

I have a wonderful father and I will see him later today. But as I sit here on my own, (my kids are with their dads), I send you so much love. For I know that behind the smiles, there are many who are holding back tears for what becomes so obvious on days like these.

Breathe!

Maria Portas.