Beating Down the Goblins to Win the Race Called Life

Last week I spent a lot of time with my kids, thinking often about the lives we've shared along the way. There's never enough time to catch up on all the events and activities that we've missed, but we spend more time celebrating the miracle of those events we've shared. Until the moment when we realize there's something slightly out of sync and we must find the cause...

Brenna mentioned early in the week that she was feeling a bit down due to low response to sales over the past month, but even that didn't take away the joy we were all feeling at spending the time together. My meetings over the weekend didn't quite go as planned. One canceled all together, another postponed and yet one more was rescheduled for Tuesday. Even those events didn't slow down the emotional highs we experienced.

There was a moment when Brenna realized she was struggling financially due to low income from her job this month, but she spent a few moments feeling thrilled gratitude at the health and well being she was experiencing through her pregnancy. She mentioned the wonder she feels at the sight of her AMAZING daughter.

Later, Tatia mentioned how hard it is to always be on top of life and happy, when things go wrong. We talked about being grateful for the good things that come, even when things are going wrong. Sometimes out of the ashes a phoenix does rise.

Discussions of life goblins and how we beat them, before they get to us came up. We chattered about the various goblins our lives have encountered and how we always seem to come out feeling better for the experience. There's an understanding of the process of living that comes from struggling through the failures and destructions of life that allows each of us to encounter the joy of simply overcoming those issues. We all know the gratitude of finding greater pleasures, and these are the reasons.

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