The Good and The Bad

Life should be full of only good days filled with laughter and joy. If only life were like that. The reality is that life is made up of good days and bad. Yin and Yan. Balance. While it would be most enjoyable to bask in glee and happiness our whole life long, we all know that there are sad days in there. If we're lucky, those days will be few and far between. We could be sailing along, fine, thinking life was grand than bam, you lose your job.

That happened to me several years ago. I don't like to think of the specific year or the incident, it's still painful. I was sent reeling into an abyss of self-doubt, lost. Life is never the same after an event like that. Change of that magnitude and velocity is felt to the very core. The ripples are still being felt today. I don't spend my days thinking about it anymore, dwelling on the why's and what if's. But in the back of my mind, it's still there. I could be feeling really good about myself most days and then wham, there it is again. Unexpected and unwelcomed visitor. Shoo. Go away.

I realized today that it would be unrealistic to be happy all the time. Yes, sounds trite but I felt it a bit more today. There will be setbacks and triumphs, laughter and tears, hope and despair. Such is the rhythm of life. Wait the bad times out for the sun will shine again.... soon I hope.