"Enjoy what you can......."

"Enjoy what you can, and endure what you must." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I hold near to my heart the saying "Take the good, with the bad." If we are to lead lives worth living, this truism is a lesson we must learn while navigating our personal journey. This one gem will shade all the colors of our existence here. If we are able to live in this reality, our lives will grant us more opportunities for happiness than we could have previously envisioned. I've said it repetitively through my messages here for it is an unvarnished truth that I hold dear to my soul, life is a great deal about perspective. And perspective is completely in our care, it is something we have absolute and utter control over. Even though most of us do not realize the power it holds over our lives.

This quote at first glance I would venture to say is a common truth, something we ascertain simply by living. We are all acutely aware that life will present certain discomforts and struggles, perhaps daily. But have we stopped to ponder if these struggles are worth their weight in gold? "Endure what you must"...why must we endure? We endure because it is in our best interest. It is in the prospect and probability of the growth of our character that we endure. In retrospect I can say there are many things that have happened to me throughout my life, the meaning and purpose of which I cannot comprehend. But in truth in the absence of these struggles, would I be the person I am today? Would I be as grateful and careful about preserving my health if at one point I didn't possess it? Would I live in the reality of the gift of life if I hadn't almost lost it? Would I comprehend fully (as if anyone ever could) the gift of love if I hadn't been through trying relationships? I have resolved to be grateful for these experiences, because they have given me the opportunity to choose a healthy and advantageous outlook. Perspective when molded and crafted carefully by the resolve of our minds, can lead to an immensely fulfilling life.

Samuel Johnson stated, "What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known." Who's to say our beautiful struggle isn't within itself of great worth? Who's to say what we have been through hasn't made our lives far better than they would have been without these difficulties? This is the truth we must accept in our minds and in this accepting all things become more beautiful. Let us be grateful for what we have known, so that we can move towards what we will know with the sagaciousness to enjoy life in all its splendor.

Wherever you are today at this moment count your blessings, live in the gift of gratefulness. Come see us at The Wellness Kitchen, let us be a part of your journey a part of your personal path to wellness. On all our paths we must see the gifts that have been hidden in struggle and in joy. And as always this is Sarah encouraging you to eat peacefully....