Two Sides

First, I loved this view. Then, I loved the picture. 

The tree in the middle separates the two sides of the Black Canyon, perfectly. 

The side on the left is jagged, steep, and harsh. 

It is not something I would ever attempt to climb or traverse. I can simply enjoy it as the beauty that it is. 

The side on the right is more rounded, softer, and sloping. 

I spent some time hiking on the right side today.

I was grateful it was there, in its softer and sloping way so I wasn’t forced to just look down on the canyon, from above. 

It too was once jagged, steep, and harsh.

But it has been softened by the sun, snow, and time. 

Both the left and right side equally create this canyon. 

This view made me think of my life. 

The left side being my past, the right side being my present. 

They both equally create me. 

My past is something I can reflect on and for the most part, enjoy. 

But it is not anything I want to attempt to return to. 

I like who I have become.

Present me, slightly softened (ha!) by the sun, snow, and time. 

My past is something I have no trouble cringing at. “If I could have done it differently” has skated through my mind probably a half million times.

But I know that thought doesn’t benefit me at all, so I don’t spend time entertaining it for too long. 

Because I know - without my past, all the wins and fails, all the hard lessons (I like to take the long way sometimes), the wonderful times, the ok times, and the terrible times, I would not be who I am today.

My losses have taught me how to love even harder. 

My fails have taught me how to persevere and keep going anyways. 

My mistakes have taught me hard lessons that I hold onto dearly and try my hardest not to replicate. 

My past has gotten me here, to who I am today.

And I am forever grateful. 

I am forever grateful for all the mistakes, all the wins and fails, for all of it.

Because all of it, both sides, both the past and the present, have created my now. 

What would making space for both sides look like for you?

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A life where you can stick to the positive changes you decide to make?

A life where you are in charge?

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