In Perspective

A dear friend of mine went missing this week. Safe to say the reason why I didn't keep up with the blog posts the past few days, & couldn't really do much of anything else besides freak out & try to think what I / we could do to find her. After missing for seven days, she was found alive, thank the Lord.

During the day my mind was consumed with worry, and at night the anxiety and sleeplessness on another level. A lot of us go to bed with worries, with anxiety, with sleepless nights. Many of my nights have been, and particularly more so lately, consisted of a deep embedded fear that I try each day to overcome. Recently my fears have been questioning myself, my abilities, wondering what people are going to think or do, and of course - the fear of failure. Almost losing a friend while trying to look for her makes all those fears petty and ridiculous in perspective. All you care about is finding her by any means necessary. Who cares who you talk to, what you post, what people will see or think - if any of it at all would mean finding her you do it. Not even without a second guess, but by the need & desire to do anything at all you possibly can.

Those of us that have fears that stop us from progressing forward need to think what we're taking away not just from ourselves, but from the people we love and care about, any anyone else we would love to help out in this journey on our world. The end result - the chance to help someone, to bring happiness, to save from pain and despair, to do whatever it is that's supposed to be our gift for being on this planet - we need to do. Maybe your point didn't get across, or someone took it the wrong way, or doesn't like you, or you misunderstood, but so many other people and things are probably going to benefit from your positive efforts and good intentions that you would be doing a huge disservice to entertain the idea of NOT doing something that you think would help.

Just go for it. Try. What's the worst that can happen? You'll have to try again. The more you try, the more you'll succeed, the happier you'll be, and you'll leave the world in a better place.

"The world is not served by playing small."

<3,

Samantha Marie