It is always something

"It is always something"

Is that not the first thing we think of when we have just gotten through one “road block” situation only to immediately find another “road closed” situation?
We want there to be this grace period where things just coast for long enough to catch our breath.
We want to celebrate that we overcame our last obstacle before knowing we must concur another… 
Yet how seldom we get the chance to revel in the tranquility of nothing going on.

No, there is rarely nothing going on.
Because “it is always something”.

Maybe we should look at things differently.
What if life was the opposite?
What if the more common saying was: “it is never anything"
If life was a series of nothing ever happening to us would that be better?

Would you trade endless days of “never anything” happening for the people and responsibilities in your life that cause the “its always somethings”?

Here is what I mean...
If your Husband or Wife is always asking you to help them with yet another project, would you prefer not have them in your life in order to ensure you never have another project to do?
It forces you to think about the source of these “always somethings”.
The source in this case being that most of us would never trade the love of our spouse just to avoid the “its always something" complaint.
Actually…
When we force ourselves to think from that perspective we would welcome the very somethings that drive us crazy.

Keep the road blocks coming if they mean that we are not alone.
Keep the road blocks coming if it means we are alive enough to experience this “always somethings” at the side of that person.

Or...
If the “always something” situation is frequent because we have kids that demand a lot of our attention and energy…
Does that mean you would give them up?
No, you would walk through fire for them even when you are at the peak of your frustration.
So they are worth all the rapid fire battery of “its always something’s” that the world could ever throw at you.


 
Your art.
Your Job.
Your passion.
When those three things get to be interchangeable as you consider the days you have had…
Your work becomes worth all of the always somethings too.

When you really think about the things and people that cause most of your “it is always something” complaints…
They turn into the very things that are also at the top of your gratitude list.

Maybe, in a way it is better to hope for more “somethings".