The way things are

In the turmoil that is Life, things go well, others go sour. I could use this time to bitch about the things that went sour today. As it so happens, however, life is made of checks and balances. Nothing ever gets too happy, and nothing ever gets too miserable. Unless you're unlucky.

I'm sitting here typing on an expensive machine. One that many do not have the luxury of using, let alone owning outright. Am I here to preach equality or a message of unity and peace on earth? No.

Fact is, things happen, other things don't. It's not hard to ascertain the predecessors to success, or to failure. What's difficult for them is to discipline oneself to be able to achieve either. It takes a lot to completely succeed. It also takes a lot to completely fail. Most of us are middle-of-the-roaders. We don't succeed completely, or fail completely. We're mostly just what's called 'Human'. Is this some self-righteous philosophizing on the futility of the human race or its efforts? No.

Somewhere in our lives, we will be confronted with Adversity. And when we are confronted, it will kick it's heels, and bury its razor-sharp talons in your very soul, ripping it from one end to the other without reflection, completely destroying everything you had previously understood to be sacred, holy, or even invisible. Adversity is the biggest deterrent to living freely. Is it the power to overcome Adversity that I'm writing about? No.

At some point, we will know what it feels like to be ignored. To be cast aside as refuse - if not less than - and told to mind our place as something beneath another's notice. The teller at the parking garage. The line-police telling you to get back in line. The state patrol making sure you don't get burned by coffee and accidentally careen into the other lane for two seconds, then breathalize you. Did any of those things happen today? No.

Periodically, we will know what it means to be lied to, to be deceived. It is the most unpleasant feeling, to discover another's truth which hurts by itself, and the disrespect is compounded by the liar's arrogance to think they can trick you, because you're gullible and actually trust them. Does this have anything to do with trust, or with betrayal? No.

What this has to do with is the understanding that Life is Life. It happens to everyone. It is nothing special to anyone, yet completely unique every time it happens. It is a result of breathing. Negativity is easy to concentrate on. Therefore, it is the focus of most discussion, as it is easy to identify anti's, regardless of what direction we're working towards. Either bitch about what goes wrong, or appreciate what goes right.
A diamond is cherished because of its rarity. So is tanzenite. Granite is not. Sedimentary is not. But were it not for the granite and sedimentary elements, there would not be marble. Were it not for pressure, there would not be diamonds. Were it not for water, there would be no drowning, but also no life. Is it about checks and balances? No.

It cannot be about anything. Otherwise, it will meet it's adversity. And some things are better being unopposed. That way they are more easily absorbed or ignored. If this thought were to stand for something, it would surely be wrong.