Can you believe that balance is coming? Can you look for the glimmers among the clouds? Can you accept the fall that comes after the rise? Can you ride the wave as it flows and find joy in the movement?

Sometimes as I’m thinking through a week’s posting, something that I just wrote feels like it fits and this is one of those times. I used to posit my life as below average and believe there was nothing but upside because of that. Of course, my life was and is far better than I had put into words but the perspective of being down and thinking about how much better things could be lands with many of us.

But I think we have to look at the other side as well. Downs come with ups and ups come with downs. We should expect it. We should welcome it. We cannot live our best day every day. The strain of carrying it would be more than we know. And frankly, our best tomorrow is likely not our best today because today happened. And the learning from the lows gives texture to the highs and vice versa.

As you read this I wonder:

* Are you willing to predict for yourself both the ups and the downs?

* Can you find the spots of light and dark and make them matter as much as the background they are painted on?

* Can you see the potential for joy in each moment you live?

I think I used to view thinking about the negative as a character flaw in a way, not that I stopped doing it. Now I view change as necessary and both positive and negative. As you go into the weekend, can you sit in the balance and watch the world flow by?

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