The weather's suddenly turned cold, windy, and dark. It's time to get out my Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun", play that a few times, close my eyes, and imagine a bright sunny day. Somehow, that doesn't make life any more cheery. When the "dark" days arrive, I remind myself that life is choked full of both the bright/cheery and the dark/sad times. I am not a believer in Yin & Yang . . . and yet "good" can only be defined if we have something with which to compare it. And so we have these days.
I reflect on life and realize how blessed I have been--blessed enough to survive the "dark" days and believe that the best is yet to come. It is not what I don't have that holds me back . . . it is who I don't know (or at least, don't know well enough). It is in relationships that direction, values, meaning, and happiness come together for my life. I pledge myself to slow down just a bit so that I can appreciate and cherish the relationships I now have(the love of a wife and children)--and nurture new ones.
A "dark" day . . . I don't think so.
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