Tuesday's Circle

Copyright AJ Horton

Some days are better than others.  Some days everything goes right.  Some days everything goes wrong.  Some days everything goes in circles.  This photo I took a few years ago may help explain these kind of days.  It's that kind of day when you get up and immediately something you think terrible happens and you feel you just went under water.  You swim and swim deeper under water hopefully taking care of that "thing", fixing it and then come up on the other side.  You catch your breath, things are looking up.  As you're going up something happens and it's like that large hole in the tree - it hurts - then you feel yourself going backwards - you're also still going up because you're still hopeful of improvement and then it happens - you find yourself falling toward the other side, getting closer and closer to the water until...... Yep, you're under again.  And on and on it goes, ups and downs and pain circling all day.  You get tired of this but you have no control over it.  

At some point during the day, though, you realize that you do have control over your thoughts and reactions (although that is much harder to practice than to realize).  You tell yourself that over and over again.  At some point you begin to feel a little better, your thoughts and your attitude get some better even though you're still circling.  You also get lots of help and love from family and friends.    By the end of the day, although you are tired, you feel somewhat rejuvenated and able to handle things again.  You can do this!  You will be strong!  It will be alright.  You will be fine!  Keep the faith.

I hope this wasn't your kind of day.  I understand everyone has a day like this.  When days like this happen, it's helpful to keep positive, realistic thoughts and supportive, loving and comforting people around.

Tuesday is a wonderful day.  Enjoy and love and appreciate the people around you.  Thank you for looking and reading.  See you tomorrow.