Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s not ALL about that bass… (you’re welcome, now the song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day). Life is cyclical. I need to be reminded during these cold winter days that this world holds balance. Cold AND heat. Life AND death. Joy AND sorrow. Sickness AND health. I simple can not know or appreciate one without the other. Even the days, months and years are marked in cycles. Sun AND moon. Day AND night. Summer AND winter. Spring AND fall.
Life is “AND”.
How can we know peace without experiencing the war within us? Only in pain can we experience comfort. There are moments, days and weeks I want to numb out and not feel either one. Even now as snow spreads itself across the world outside my window, I sit back, close my eyes and can feel the sun beating on my face as I sit on the beach listening to the waves lap upon the shore.
The “AND” I have experienced allows me to appreciate both.
Let’s embrace the cycle of life.
Embrace the “AND”.
A Net of Hope 