Sometimes...

Sometimes a path turns out to be a very, very bad choice.

My path in the last 2 years has not been easy.

 

Serious house problems

(fear, stress, uncertainty, loss of a dream),

my mom's terminal condition and subsequent death

(grief, loss),

dad's health issues and need for care

(stress, care and family issues),

problems my kids and grandkids were facing

(when they hurt or are in a dangerous situation you hurt too),

world and national events

(where do I begin on this one?),

and more added up to make some really distressing times for me

and finally a feeling of hopelessness

(which wasn't like me).

 

This weekend

 it dawned on me that I had gotten SO totally focused on the bad

(and some things were truly BAD)

the challenges,

the struggles,

that I was forgetting--to some degree--all the good,

the positives in my life,

the blessings

that God has given me;

that He is still giving me.

 

So it is time to change my focus...

and yesterday I began to do so.

 

Blessings,

Aimee

 

Photo:

This is the Horseshoe trestle and I really did want to walk across it...

good thing I changed my mind, huh?

:)

Along the Banks-Vernonia State Trail, Upper Nehalem Valley.