Sitting in the late afternoon shadows as they spread across my living room, I saw this beautiful image appear on my wall. Why is it that sometimes it looks different?

The shadow that could be you or me or anyone we know. The non-descript, non-gender, peaceful face as it turns away. Looking where? Perhaps, towards tomorrow. Today's shadow on the wall shows me the promise of turning to a new day, leaving our baggage behind. Towards the hours ahead, starting anew.

Today it looks content to me. There have been days when it did not.

Although our past experiences, our judgments, and our shadow follow us wherever we go, We decide what to take from today into the new hours. (Tweet This)

How differently we all see life! Through our own private lens, the one we've brought with us from yesterday. We need to spend some time thinking about our shadow. (Tweet This)

We see the world through what feels true to us,
and that dictates both what we notice
and the meaning we read into it.
Lisa Cron

We can isolate ourselves or we can reach out. We can celebrate together or cower alone. It's not easy to make a change. But we can.

Each one of us sees the world differently, we accept and react based on our experiences. We notice or we ignore. In our homes, in our workplaces, walking in the park, we take a different piece of those moments into our tomorrow. Which ones do we take? We get to choose. We get to contemplate.

That shadow can be our friend. Our companion. It can show us all that we want of our tomorrows.

Contemplating life with today's shadow on the wall. (Tweet This)