Life always gives you a dig in the ribs when you most need it

This morning I have already worried about: whether I get enough sleep, how to lose weight, whether I shower enough, whether I should give up drinking to improve my painful eczema, if I'm a slob because my house always seems untidy, my constant battle with wanting to overeat, my lack of desire to exercise, whether I'm good enough at my job, my lack of free time. Considering I only got out of bed 4 hours ago that's quite a big list.

And then 30 minutes ago my boyfriend came home & told me his Dad's been rushed into hospital with heart problems. We don't know any more than that. It's easy to read all these books about perspective, and not listening to the ego chatter but sometimes it takes a big shock to put everything to one side that doesn't matter & actually see what's important to you, and what really is irrelevant.

There's a quote on the side of my water bottle that says "That which matters the most should never give way to that which matters the least" and I'll certainly be paying more attention to it from now on.