We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do...

It always amazes me that there are times in my life when the muddy path gets more well-marked, that a little light shines through the dimness, and that all that is sometimes fuzzy comes into clearer relief. I've learned to live for those times.  I can't neglect the time that I'm in, but often I find myself hoping for these moments because they're life giving and breathe a new kind of spirit back into everything.

What I'm always surprised by, though, is that these moments aren't always happy.  It seems like they would be.  No.  Sometimes they really surprise me.  Like now.

I'm down today.  I knew it was coming.  I hit a calendar date I was dreading and we all know how that goes.  There's always fallout.  There's always doubt and worry.  There's always speculation.  So much uncertainty.  But I find it remarkable that with these times that cast shades of dimness, there is always something that catches me off guard.  And today it's something in the resiliency of the human spirit.  Maybe it's mine a little bit.  It's definitely a friend of mine who just coincidentally did the exact right thing at the right moment. It's the unfolding of a lot of new beginnings. And it's in the ability to realize that even though today stings, it stings for the right reasons. That all of the uncertainty has an end that's foreseeable.

Maybe some would call these coping mechanisms but that seems dour.  They're living mechanisms through and through.  They allow persistence to happen.  And maybe even a little hope, too.