{"id":723,"date":"2012-05-10T08:11:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=723"},"modified":"2012-05-10T08:11:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T13:11:32","slug":"the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"The big picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past few months have been some of the best hours\/days\/weeks that I have experienced in quite a while. I have found myself stepping back in awe of how fortunate I am to be surrounded by such loving people. My awe has led me to realize that it is the simple things that make me smile…a sincere embrace from a loved one, the smell of a honeysuckle bush, the contagious laughter between a group of friends.<\/p>\n

My recognition of what is important has grounded me. Big events that would have once left me scrambling do not appear as daunting as they once did. I know that I have the grace and support necessary to deal with whatever is thrown my way.<\/p>\n

Now for a moment of stark honesty. I am human. I allow my mind to run away…to the big picture. I think that it is healthy for us to do so. Keeping the big picture in mind allows for us to accomplish our goals.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, the big picture can be dangerous. We must be careful of recognizing our human limits. We are not fortune tellers. There is no way of knowing exactly which decisions\/opportunities\/moments we should be looking out for. We know the general direction that we should be walking but that is it.<\/p>\n

I am telling you this because we all get caught up in the big picture. We experience days\/weeks\/months in which the present circumstances seem so overwhelming that we assume the big picture to be unobtainable because it becomes so complex.<\/p>\n

The big picture can cloud the simplicity of life…the sweet text message that you receive from a loved one in the middle of the day, a really good book, the look on your child’s face when you return home from a long day at work…whatever it is that brings you joy.<\/p>\n

Therapy is made for the overwhelming moments that cloud the simplicity of life. Sometimes it is nice to have the space\/time\/person that can help to pull you out and remind you that you are not a fortune teller. You are human. We all get caught up in the big picture and that is okay.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is important to keep the big picture in mind. But let me challenge you to focus on the simple things this week. After all…life is too short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The past few months have been some of the best hours\/days\/weeks that I have experienced in quite a while. I have found myself stepping back in awe of how fortunate I am to be surrounded by such loving people. My awe has led me to realize that it is the simple things that make me smile…a sincere embrace from a Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[52,29,22,32],"coauthors":[16],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-2","tag-human","tag-journey","tag-self-acceptance","tag-therapy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Frame2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}