Today her mind is consumed.

 

She is sitting in a room full of people,

but her mind is somewhere else.

 

She knows someone asked her a question,

but she was too distracted to hear it.

 

She wants to smile,

but it suddenly feels unnatural.

 

Everyone else is laughing,

why can’t she feel their joy?

 

Someone asks how she is doing.

She hopes they don’t notice her swallow the lump in her throat before she answers.

Is your mind consumed today?

Maybe you made a mistake you don’t know how to forgive yourself for.

 

Maybe you are missing someone so much it takes over every thought.

 

Maybe someone you love is in pain, 

and there is nothing you can do.

 

Maybe you have a decision to make that will affect the rest of your life.

 

Of course it has taken over your mind.

It’s important, and you care so much.

Just please don’t let it stay there.

At some point, decide that enough is enough.

 

Say a prayer for courage.

 

And then set free the thoughts filling your mind by saying the things that need said

and doing the things that need done.

 

And then let it go.

 

There is something so freeing about doing everything you can, and then releasing it.

Knowing there is nothing else you can do except pray and trust.

 

Of course, it will revisit at times.

And of course, it still matters to you.

 

But it will not consume you today.

Today you have made room in your mind and your heart for more.

 

More memories.

More people.

More ways to serve.

More ways to show love.

More ways to feel joy.

 

Today you have made room for the present.