Positive Flow

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Tammy Daniel Coles: "thinks that I need to get my mind in a positive flow tonight."

I'm right there with ya, Tammy! It's funny, because even though I know exactly how to keep myself in a positive mindframe, I don't always do it. I am a firm believer in "there has to be a down to have an up, rain to make things shine, and heartache to be able to fully appreciate true love". And I think the only people who truly stay happy all the time are either totally mental, or fully medicated, or both.

A good cry, a day or two of sorrow, a morning of mourning....these are all things we need every so often, just to remind us how much better we feel when we are enjoying life. But, there is often a fine line, one I have personally walked several times, between a day or two of sorrow and a year or so of depression.

I guess the key to everything in life comes down to balance. This is no new, earth-shattering revelation I'm making here. It's just a simple truth, but one we tend to forget from time to time. One that seems so easy some days, and impossible other days. Keeping balance, of everything, can be tricky....time for friends, time for family, time for self, money in, money out, laundry clean, dishes dirty, love gained, love lost, goals made, goals met, happiness kept, sadness kept at bay.

I suppose all we can really do is, well, our best. Every day. Whether that means being loaded with happiness so much so that we sleep with a smile, or just barely keeping ourselves from the pit of despair. Our best IS good enough.