Tuesday Perspectives

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Tuesday perspectives coming in hot on this dreary day lol. This week has me feeling thankful and appreciative of the family and friends I have in my life.

As you get older, the more you start to realize that the primary point of life is people. It's not things, it's not bank accounts, it's about family, and friends, and the everyday mundane interactions with people. You get to a certain point in life where all you're thankful for is the people around you and not stuff.

There's a funny thing about life, the older you get the more appreciation you gain for the things you certainly took advantage of in your youth. It has probably got a lot to do with as you get older in life you start losing people and it starts putting an increasing appreciation for time spent with those around you.

In the infinite cosmos of human existence you were born now and with the people you're surrounded with, best to make the most of that time you have with them.

I don't think I always had this profound appreciation for my friends and family. For the interactions with strangers or acquaintances in life. It's something I've developed a lot more as I've gotten older and something I'm super thankful for. I have started to treat every interaction with another human with much more care. You don't know what someone is going through or what someone is experiencing, why be a dick head?

There's this funny clarity that comes with old age (lol) but you start to get a better picture of the importance that the people in your life play. They're the ones that are going to be there for you when you need them most. I've been so lucky and blessed lately that it is honestly hard to describe. I find myself being so very thankful on a daily basis that I'm having a hard time having bad days lately.

Life isn't easy, it mostly never is, but if you gain the ability to be present in life with the loved ones around you I think you can gain some sort of thankfulness that may elude you as a younger person. It's funny, recently a friend of mine got engaged and I felt such true genuine joy for this person that I literally made my day. John of 5 years ago would not have been that happy ha.

I think the greatest advancement I've gained over the last 2 years is my ability to be thankful. It goes without saying that this level of thankfulness has given me mental clarity that I lacked for a long portion of my life.

Today I'm thankful for you reading this, for good friends, loving family, for a career I love and for the peace of mind I've developed over the last year +.