Below My Feet.

Sometimes life makes me feel like that scene they play in movies where the main character is standing still while everything around them is moving at warp speed.

It feels like my world just spins and spins and all I have within me is the power to stand there and watch. Simply moving forward takes the energy of the whole world and is nothing short of utterly exhausting.

There's a saying that goes something to the effect of...be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. And we all know that's true, no matter how willing we are to admit it. No matter what our lives appear to be. No matter how peaceful they appear to others, or more importantly, to ourselves, we're always fighting our own battles. There is always something we are struggling with, be it small or monstrous.

What matters is that we keep going. That we don't give up. That we keep putting one foot in front of the other.

A nice monsoon rain began to fall just as I left my house today. I didn't run to my car to avoid it. It was perfect. I love the rain. As I looked down at my sidewalk, I was reminded of another simple truth that I often forget. All day long I forget this because I get consumed with the little details that don't really matter, but it's really one of the only things I need to remember right now.

All I need to do is keep putting one foot in front of the other, no matter how big a storm surrounds me, no matter how much rain life pours down on me. I just have to keep on going. It's as simple as that.

Ever since the first time I heard the sounds of Mumford and Sons, their lyrics have spoken to me unlike any other music ever has. They speak to my soul. Sometimes, I'll be listening to them in the car and one song will just stand out, and it's all I can listen to for days. 

Below My Feet is one such song. It's literally all I've listened to in my car this week. I've needed that constant reminder to stay grounded. When everything around me just spins like mad and I feel the anxiety crippling me, the stress pulling me in, the uncertainties, the unanswered questions, the fears, and the unknown trying to drown me, all I need is the earth below my feet. I just need to be steadied. To be grounded. 

To know that even though I don't have all the answers, I will learn from it all. 

From where I've been.

From where I am.

From where I'm going.

Keep the earth below my feet

For all my sweat, my blood runs weak

Let me learn from where I have been

Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn

Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn

-Mumford and Sons