Headlights

“I have spent my entire life studying the human body, and I can say with scientific certainty that what keeps us alive, more important than blood or oxygen or even love–is hope.” Dr. Henry Morgan, Forever

 

[We shall keep rowing forward.] 

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Have you found yourself dreading the upcoming week? I did. It’s only Sunday. I know. Bad. Let’s change that.

When you look into the week’s horizon, it’s blurred with deadlines, work, long sleep-deprived days and nights; so instead of looking into the distance in front of you, look at the clear present. I remember driving through country roads on foggy nights. Sometimes, my headlights couldn’t cut through the fog, but where the car was, in that moment, was not foggy. It might have been enveloped by fog, but it was also enveloped by the soft glow of light. The present; where we stand now. We need to embrace those things that keep us alive and happy. So turn your headlights on!

Here are some things to remember as you begin to work hard and prep for the new week.

1] Hope–let it fill every single one of your minutes. Hope is a powerful thing. I mean, they say that someone who goes into a medical procedure with the will to fight and live has a better outcome (usually) than someone who is resigned. Hope has power to change our realities.

Wake up with it. Go to bed with it. Cling to it, always.

2] Own what you are, even if you aren’t what your head says is ideal– is you hair in a weird awkward grow-out stage (Just me guys?)? Bad acne? As shallow as these things are, we all allow little things to affect our moods. Why do we often allow what is on the outside to determine how we feel on the inside? Shouldn’t we allow the outside to shine based on who we are on the inside?

You look marvelous, darling!

3] Thank God for everything– someday we may see why it all happened the way it did; and if we don’t, we can trust in Him knowing it was what was best. For our perspective is a drop in a sea of eternity.

I hope you navigate through a successful week. Drive carefully (wink).

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