Endless Equations...

I'm not sure why, but some days, right from the start seem to have no wrong or right side of the bed, just a complicated side. Perhaps if there was a 'complicated day ahead' sign to warn us what was coming, we could plan accordingly and stay of harms way.

But signs as such rarely occur and even if we think we are headed in a specific direction, days like these usually have a mind of their own. Such was a day like today where nothing seemed to go quite the way I thought. I can't even say anything bad happened but like knots in a tangled rope, it was a messy day that didn't seem to be straightening out. I learned something however, two things in fact about days like today.

First, no matter how much we may try to align the planets of our lives, there will be all sorts of days that arrive and a complicated day is not necessarily a sign that we didn't prepare properly. There is no sure way to avoid complexity in our lives the same way there is no way to avoid a rainy day without a magic crystal ball(meteorologists don't really help much with this either) to see into the future.

The second thing I learned is that it is okay to fuss and complain about such days. I used to think differently. I used to think that it was all about turning a bad situation into a good one by sheer will power. Will the bad day away and it will flee like a gazelle running for it's life. That's not quite how it works. I find that seeing the day for what it is, staring at it square in the face and learning all if any lessons that might be available is better use out of these types of days.

That approach has brought me to a certain peace with these types of days. Peace in knowing that I don't have exclusive rights to them and serenity knowing that like a bad rainstorm, they don't stick around forever. They come, stir things up a bit and move on.

As we don't stay permanently wet from a passing rain, so it is equally as silly to think that we stay permanently marred and bothered from a bad day.

Here's to the next tricky day...I'll grab my raincoat.

much undecipherable love
~Adrian