Snowflakes to Snowballs

I am back at this point again today. My brain was swimming with things to write, but I want to revisit the point of what we put in we get out.

I was talking to someone today and they were telling me just how stressed out they are. Have you ever noticed the more we stress, the more we find things to stress about. This person was stressed about things that he couldn't change, the more he stressed the more he found to stress over. The traffic, the slow drivers, just everything instead of realizing the more he put into all the worry, the more worry it created. We tend to focus on the things that stress us out, instead of changing our focus.

A snowflake can grow into a snowball in an instant. When the worry starts, we have choices to make, we can focus on it, or we can focus on getting rid of it. What do you want to do with the worry in your life? Do you want it to grow, or do you want to get rid of it?

Worry breeds doubt, doubt breeds fear, fear breeds panic and soon we are drowning in it all. We can't get out of the darkness, we can't see through it. Have you ever been their? If you could retrace your steps, what was the one thing that caused this whole avalanche? It is sad when we find the root of the issue and it is always tough to confess what the beginning issue was over.

Let me take this one further. Are you following me so far?

We tend to do this in our relationships, we focus on a negative, something our partner does. We stress about it, soon that stress grows from just being annoyed, to doubting if we want to be with them for the rest of our lives. We talk to people about this and unfortunately they go along with your thinking, soon that little stresses have grown into a doubt of wondering why we are with this person, are they really the right one for me. Soon that grows to seeing all the faults and all the things are partner does wrong and the fear sets in. We can't seem to see clear of it and now we are drowning thinking we didn't love our partner to begin with. We made a mistake and we want to run to hide, to escape, but before you do that. It is time to take a step back, stop listening to the people that agree with you and look at what snowflake started it all. Change your perspective and you change the outcome today. Don't lose sight of the truth.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Yesterday is gone, but today holds promise for a new way. It is your choice to focus on the snowflakes, or to see the beauty in them.