5 Ways to Handle Life's Ups and Downs
This is my first post in a while. At one point I took the site down. September and October were full of extremes. Weeks where every little thing weighed me down, followed by a series of positive changes that seemed to just fall in my lap in a matter of days. This led to weeks of feeling unstoppable and that the pain was over. My path to peace and happiness was so clear and I was enjoying every freaking minute of it. Boxing analogy? Sure why not? Then it happened again. One negative thing after another. Akin to Rocky taking a beating from the giant Russian in Rocky IV. How could this happen? I was finally on the path. The one that I prayed for. I'm supposed to be the happy guy. I'm supposed to be at peace. I'm supposed to be fulfilling a purpose. I'm supposed to be the fun guy who makes people laugh. Guess what? Life is not designed that way. We need the bad to appreciate the good, the pain to experience the pleasure, and the gloomy days to appreciate the sunny ones. Bu...