We Live On a Floating Rock

Anytime I make the mistake of listening to the news, scrolling online too long, or tuning in to 90% of the conversations around me I hear a similar message.

The sky is falling.

I’ve struggled for a long time with getting caught up in it all. The scary state of the world. Deadlines. Negativity. My inability to control a majority of the things in life.

Sometimes I do feel like the sky is falling. I feel like everything is broken. I feel my efforts are useless and nothing matters.

But I’m working to get out of that mindset. All this can be true, but none of it matters in the grand scheme of things.

We live on a floating rock.

How insignificant are our issues? How beautiful is this world? How little time do we all get to just live? Is anything really that serious?

My biggest focus recently has been reshaping my mindset to be less negative, dwell on things I can’t change less, and be more present with those who matter.

For me, everything else is replaceable except my family.

I’m replaceable with everyone and everything, except with my family.

I really need to remember that, and give all the good energy I have to those two I get to come home to each night. If I’m too busy each day being bogged down by negativity and getting caught up in what the world says I should be worried about, I’ve lost everything.

Go to work, do my job, come home and be the best me for my boys.

Nothing else matters.

And at the end of the day who really cares? We just live on a floating rock. Might as well make our time enjoyable.