The sun sets on another day…
Another spectacular sunset and another day to enjoy warm weather in April. Michigan Summers aren’t as long as they should be but I suppose they’re just right for where they are. That being said April is kind of an in-between month and sometimes it’s very wonderful and other times, not so much. You can learn to appreciate April if you just pay attention.
I think it’s funny sometimes how a lot of people see their lives as okay but they’re not really happy or sad they just exist. I suppose they’re exactly right and their life is okay but as they continue to go along the same path they never really get farther or see more.
When you ride a roller coaster there is an anticipation that goes through your mind as you are climbing the first hill. In many of the new roller coasters that first Hill is a slingshot and you don’t have time to anticipate anything but either way once you are over top of the hill you have reached new heights and suddenly you are plunged into perilous plummets that make your mind sway and everything about you tense up.
If you describe these symptoms to a doctor he would probably give you a prescription for some type of antidepressant but in reality those ups and downs and plunges and ascents create your ability to appreciate both. If you have never really fallen, how can you appreciate normal and if you have never really ascended to the top how could you appreciate, well, normal. It is this thought that often people overlook as they realize that without the dips in our lives we may not appreciate the heights in our lives. You have to ask yourself two questions: if my life was always happy would I even know? If my life was always sad would I even know?
Of course there are lots of answers to this and many debates but the easy point that I am trying to make here was made in a movie called Parenthood. A merry-go-round goes round and round and is highly predictable, a roller coaster goes everywhere and I for one like the roller coaster because it reminds me I am alive.
So as the sun sets on another day, take a moment and ride the roller coaster again. Be that person who understands that with great happiness there are also some stumbles and even some falls. Be more and live more everyday until you can step back and just say wow, what a ride. I hope you find that type of excitement in your life no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and yeehaw…