You know what I love? A metaphor. Oh, yum. Yum. Yum. That is like a crispy cream donut for the brain.

That is like an Arby's curly fry for the brain. That is like an everything bagel for the brain.

That is like a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream, a little bit melted. It's not like super hard. Like you can easily

get your spoon into it for the brain. Yum. A metaphor? Yum. Okay. Yum. In my favorite metaphor this week

is the lens that we view life through. The lens.

Obviously, we're not actually looking through a lens at life.

I mean, we're looking through our eyes,

which kind of have lenses in them in one way or another.

But today we're going to be discussing the metaphorical lens

that we use to view life through.

When I say lens, I'm referring to the perspective that we live our lives by, our attitude towards life, our general point of view towards life.

I am loving this metaphor right now because it's something I'm really working on. I think it's something I will work on for the rest of my

life. Making sure that I'm looking through life as a whole, but also individual situations through the

proper lens, through the best lens possible. And I know that this shit might sound obvious. Like, yeah, Emma,

we need to look at life through a positive lens. Yes, Emma, we need to look at life through an

accurate lens. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's important. Yes, I know it is obvious and I know it is

important. However, as with most obvious things, they can sneakily fall out of our control. And if not

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