Needing to Be Present to Win

In the game of LIFE we must be present to win. Currently I am on vacation in one of my favorite spots on earth, Door County, WI with some of my favorite people, my family.

Upon arriving and going to familiar places, still feeling the effects of chemotherapy and seemingly always feeling pain in my gut, it is hard not to greive about "what I used to feel like in this place, or how I should feel in this place if things were 'normal'."

The thing is, where I am right now, is where I am. And where I am is all I have, in this place and with these people.

So when feeling blue I am reminded to give thanks for where I am and who I am in this place right now.

I must be present to where I am and what I am in the moment to "win", to appreciate the gift of what I have and am right now.

I am grateful for my sweet family. Grateful for the beauty in this place, grateful for the reminders of being loved by family and friends made over a lifetime of living. Grateful for reminders that I will survive and I will get through this difficult place. Grateful for life, well lived and greatly appreciated.