Filter//Running

I have a question for you- Have you ever seen something on facebook and been like- I wish I had that?

It's so funny because God used a moment just like that to remove the filter I have been using to see my life through. If you pull back the comparison, the pressure, the ideas and see it for what it is- I see my life for just a moment as it really is- good! I've been blessed to visit two of my favorite people in the entire world up in New York this past fall. I've had ample opportunity to experience life and to push the limits with some of my favorites here in Charlotte. I've had good friends have babies, seen my family more, and been blessed with a job and coworkers that are amazing.

When you pull back the filter of comparison, you can see life for what it really is.

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Running
seems like the thing
to do

feet to the pavement
asking what He meant
as each street side I peruse

each passing stride
I use
till thoughts turn to pain
and as it would rain and fill
like a shrill car horn

threatening to make my heart
leap from my skin

but then, then I look within
and what do I see
but a beating heart
a new start each day
a hope
a love
a belief

that is a relief
and not a burden

and if I am hurting from that hope
and need to cope
He will say, "nope,
you've had it wrong
all along
I will set you free-
seek me."

and so I run and I run and I run
trying to contemplate
not all my thoughts are covered
some are running up late
but then
like a crashing plate
they disappear
shards
there and shards
here
but no more
is mind a clouded mess
but I am someone running- and blessed.

Thankful for this life and my creator!