It has been an emotional few weeks.  My daughter’s godfather unexpectedly passed away.  He was such a bright, loving soul, that simply learning that he was no longer a part of this world, made it seem grey like everything was muted as if it were covered by fog.

I took the first week off while trying to absorb the news and have struggled with getting back on track.  While I am not as excited or feeling as inspired as I did before, I have not only met, but surpassed the goal I had set for myself this month.  I know I will get back to where I was before, but it will just take some time to adjust and to mourn.  Which is where the inspiration for today’s post came from.

While we need to mourn what we have lost, we have to remember to be grateful for what we still have.  Life is still going on all around us.  It can be necessary to step back for a moment, but it is vital to not remove yourself for too long.  Do not become a recluse.  Do not forget about the hopes and dreams that you had before you suffered a blow.  Mourn, then pick yourself back up, and find your way to carry on.  Whenever something is removed from your world that cannot be regained, it does change things, but that does not mean you cannot still obtain what you want out of life.  You may have to change your strategy or realign your priorities, but you are still here.  Having goals gives us something to strive for, so you should always be working toward a goal.  Maybe that goal is writing a book, maybe it is simply getting out of bed, but once you obtain one goal you then set a new one.  Alright, today I got out of bed, tomorrow, I will not only get out of bed, but I will shower and get dressed.  Sometimes goal setting requires taking baby steps, but sometimes it can move by leaps and bounds.  Today it may be that its baby steps and tomorrow it may be small leaps.  That is ok.  Just keep moving forward.  And just like with any goal, there will be days that you have a setback.  Something will remind you of your loss, whether it be a song, a smell, or a picture, and that memory will cause you to mourn again, but each time it should become a little easier to gather yourself back up to move forward.

I wish you luck in seeing the light burning through the fog.