Good morning y’all and happy Tuesday!

If all emotion, both the negative and positive, is of a divine source and cannot be attributed to anything less than such, why then is there such discord that pervades the mind, and threatens the attempts of those in the world to live in peace and happiness, when that is all any of us here seek? Not sure I or any can know, and yet I’m among those seeking perhaps to understand the truth of what the barrier or requirements are to attaining a lasting happiness in this reality. Have some of us simply lucked into happiness? Could some of us perhaps delved too firmly into matters of the intellectual, looking past the emotional, having missed out on the happiness that most of us yearn for in life? Have some of us missed this ship? Surely not.

Perhaps delving headlong into nihilism, the Bermuda triangle of life, and returning with a newfound sense of belonging, and optimism, and indeed a new lease on life that can no longer be stolen, tarnished, marred or restrained by matters such as monetary wealth or personal health, is the greatest spiritual journey one might experience in this world.

Therein, I believe, lies the true nature of enlightenment and also of the nature of life. To see from both sides of the fence, and be content to the joys bestowed on your side, and should a seed from the other side to ever come your way, to treasure and nurture it as long as you can and enjoy the variety it brings to your own life.

It comes as little surprise to me that when I experienced the emotional clarity upon improving in health, and seeing a real smile upon my face for the first time in nearly 20 years that I truly was able to gain appreciation for the time I spent in my own hell, away from the pleasures found in joining in others.

“Life’s what you make it”

Talk Talk, 1985

Truly, hindsight is often experienced with the clarity of vision unparalleled by even the most perfected of prescription lenses. That said, I do not suspect I will wish to ever return to that level of pain, nor should any of you reading this if you are or have ever been there yourselves. You who have know exactly what I’m referring to.

That said, I think that the next journey in life is to be one meriting even greater discussion, and certainly as this chapter unfolds, I should hope to find that I will divulge that story here, to share with all of you what I’ve gleaned from it.

Thanks again for reading, it’s always a pleasure. I hope you and yours have a splendid rest of your week! -A

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