Beautiful World

Beautiful world, isn’t it?

The sombre sky as you trudge from your car to your work office,
The long list of demands from your incredibly intimidating, wealthy boss,
The empty bank account that see’s no money but once a month,
Beautiful world, isn’t it?

The rotting fruit that lay still in the kitchen because you forgot to eat it,
the once white clothing now a tinge of grey from your embarrassingly old washer,
the daily struggle to connect to an open wifi to avoid data charges,
Beautiful world, isn’t it?

The heated debates that appear from seemingly nothing with the ones that you love,
the selfishness of people you try to lend a hand to,
the break ups and despair you experience through fault of others,
Beautiful world, isn’t it?

Well yes, of course…

How beautiful it is to see the sky each morning on your way to a job that pays you money to afford to live, to have the luxury of buying fruit you forget to eat. How beautiful it is to have items of clothing at your disposal, fresh and ready to wear as you please. To have the privilege of holding technology capable of tremendous, yet irrelevant things. How beautiful it is.
How beautiful it is to attract people into your life who care enough about you to stay and argue. To experience life’s difficulties to develop and grow into someone great. How beautiful it is to have felt love and know you were a part of something once special. How beautiful it is.

We are so fixated on what is bad in our lives that we forget everything that is good. We ignore the abundance of love that surrounds us every single day and instead direct our attention towards the infinitesimal circumstances that make us sad or fearful. We no longer know the meaning of gratitude. But wait, did we ever?
Give thanks for your life. Appreciate what gets you through your day. Dream of better. Make that dream a reality. Fall in love with yourself. Know that this is a beautiful world, isn’t it?