the good things

 “If you could give any advice to anyone, what would you give them?”

Look for the good things. That’s what I’d say.

I don’t know about y’all, but sometimes it feels like the world is only full of bad stuff. Ya know what I’m sayin’? Like that’s all people want to focus on. So that’s all we see. Even if we don’t realize that’s all we’re seeing.

And then we get on social media, which in addition to this negative focus, we get a false filter of artificial perfection. And we feel even more inadequate.

And with this view, life seems to be reaaally sucky.

But here’s my advice. And it is very simple.

Look for the good things.

Notice my advice isn’t “go to church” or “give up X things” or “start meditating” or whatever. Because that is all secondary.

My love, you cannot do any of that if you do not see the good.

Notice how soft your favorite blanket feels against your skin. Notice how happy that little kid in line behind you got when they got their ice cream. Notice the dew drops sticking to each blade of grass in the morning. Notice the smallest littlest things. There’s no limit, it can be one or one hundred.

And I won’t tell you what happens next. That’s all in your story, kid. You need to write that bit yourself.

And another thing: you can’t make anyone else see the good things in their lives.

Okay? And maybe you can’t see all the good things in their lives. Don’t try to write their stories, just write yours. See your good things.

Please. It’s so simple. Life is meant to be this simple.

That is my advice.

Hope you have a blessed Sunday :)

oxoxo,

blissfully yours,

Emma