I recently found out that someone very important to me received a cancer diagnosis. The silver-linings are there, but the main news is bad, shocking.
Isn’t everyday a swirl of complexity: good news and bad news diced up together like bruschetta on the brittle toast of life?
Some people are going through hard times, while others are receiving exciting news. Babies are being born, people are getting married and enjoying new jobs, friends are starting new ventures.
When I was pursuing a degree in fashion design, I learned about yin and yang. In this instance, It was referring to the masculine and feminine sides of a single outfit, and how it was important to have that balance. A ruffly floral blouse and a ruffly floral skirt are most likely not going to look as great as, say, a ruffly floral skirt and a slick black blazer. Contrast gives depth. Complexity denotes beauty.
You can compare this to life at large: My glorious views are not as special and fully appreciated without the craggy rocks I climbed to get there. The context of my happiness is what makes for joy.
If your life was a newspaper, what good news and bad news would currently make up the headlines?
February 26, 2017 at 11:28 pm
Good news: my daughter is like a person now and not a crying lump anymore (even though I found her adorable as a lump, too).
Bad news: political climate is very stressful for my students. There is this haze of anxiety that sits in our class discussions and in their papers and it feels like it’s endless.
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February 27, 2017 at 5:27 am
🙂 to your good news and 😦 to your bad news.
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