Personal Narrative: Imagine Yourself In A Museum

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Imagine yourself in a museum. You are standing in front of a masterpiece and it draws you ever close until your nose is almost touching it. When you’re too near the painting and you’re too focused, you don’t see the overall beauty of the painting itself. In fact, it becomes blurry when your eyes get too near. Life is the same way. You can’t get too focused on any one detail because your vision becomes impaired and everything else around you becomes blurry.

There used to be a time in my life where I lived in the past, or lived in anxiety of the perceived future. Both were equally terrifying to me and all the while, the present was passing me by. The more I worried or despaired, the worse things got. I had analysis paralysis. I would drive myself

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