Hurt Road
Why is it that anytime
something good ends
it has to hurt?
Is it a toll for hurt ending
when something bad ends?
Does hurt really work
that way at all?
It may be more
like life’s road is rolling
over hilly ground,
where happy and hurt
take turns?
Tao Talk 
They do go side by side.
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light and shadow, inextricably linked
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Very true 💞
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Perhaps it is the hurt that helps us remember and keeps us coming back again and again!
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Just like darkness and dawn, a cosmic inescapability…
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Yes.
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p.s. unless we were on the moon, then we could choose when we wanted to be in darkness or light. I bet the moon’s perpendicular equator would be crowded.
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Ha ha… maybe you are right!
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Sounds like a good setting for a book/movie doesn’t it.
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Go for it!
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It feels like that sometimes. I used to downplay the good things, because I’d get slapped with something horrendous shortly thereafter. We used to call that Murphy’s Law. ❤️
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Colleen, it is that hilly terrain that gets wearying at times. It would be nice to travel in a hot air balloon or something, but then you’re above life not engaged in it. A conundrum if there ever was one.
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I know what you mean. I’m right there with you, Lisa.
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Wonderful way you expressed this dichotomy Lisa. Thank you..And so true “happy and hurt take turns” in life.
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Suzette, thanks much. It takes a certain mindset to accept it. Even that wavers :(
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Yes well said Lisa. It takes courage.
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There’s a lot of truth in that!
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Yeppers
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I thought of this one in an instant. https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI?feature=shared
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Oh how I love this song, especially The Man in Black’s version. I can definitely see a connection there <3
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p.s. great video to go with it also
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Yes, it was so poignant
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Emotional ups and downs can tear into a person – and I wonder why we’re wired that way sometimes.
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I wonder why also. BTW, do you have a name (that you care to share?)
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Absolutely — Christopher . :-)
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Please to meet you, Christopher :)
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It’s a great pleasure! :-)
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:)
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I think this is a good general description of daily life where ups and downs are quite common. I guess part of the trick here is to recognize and fully enjoy the ups while acknowledging downs inevitably happen but also pass.
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Agreed, Christian. Here’s to mindfulness. Cheers!
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Yeah, I’m definitely deficient in that department. But I suppose self awareness is the first step.😀
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Love that poem…it’s so true….and of course I like the illustration but that goes without saying with these.
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Thanks much, Max.
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So very true.
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Thanks, Di.
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So true!
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Indeed. Thanks for reading.
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You’re welcome!
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Good questions! (K)
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Thanks, K.
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Another great one. I love the colours and her expression.
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Thanks much. The man knows how to paint.
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