So often I come back to perspective.

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So often I come back to perspective, and this photo is the one that comes to mind. On one hand the photo bomber ruins the ability to see the background fully, but on the other hand it adds both a touch of humanity and a hint of place/location/flavor to it. I both like, and don't like that he made his way into that photo. Why did this come to mind this morning? Because life isn't clean. Nope, life is messy, disorganized, and random. It often photo bombs what we might otherwise see as a perfect photo, and think is ruined. But was it really ruined? Or was there a lesson there? Was it to remind us to be patient, or kind? Was this a chance to pay something forward or learn something? Controlling every element of something may, for a short time, make us feel better about our lives and the events in them, but is that really living? Living is messy. Living is chaotic. Living has rules, but those rules often change, and are fluid. We have to shift, we have to compromise, or our worlds crack around us, and eventually we break. There is beauty in the problems too, just like there is beauty in the perfect moments...or if not in the problems in the handling of them. What I am trying to say is, in my own clumsy way, is to keep an eye on how you think about things. One broken dish doesn't ruin the world. One argument doesn't ruin the day. Those little times when life photobombs you may, you think, ruin a moment, but often, in the end you get something FROM those moments. It may be hard to find, it may be something small and quiet, but it's there, somewhere. It might not even be a moment for you, it may be a moment for someone else, that you ended up participating in. Take hope, take in the beauty when you can. Reach out for help when you cannot. Needing help is ok too, so is accepting it. It's been a rough year for many, and I see it getting rougher, not easier as the days go by. Just remember, that life is still precious and beautiful, and not easily ruined. The photo may not be what you thought it was going to be, but it's still beautiful.