Yin and Yang

Ancients believed that there was a little good in everything that is bad and a little bad in everything that is good.  It is an intriguing concept that's for sure, though I do have my own thoughts about such things.

I had an interesting weekend.  And that would be a slight understatement.  I got to see some family, who I haven't seen in years.  One of my favorite people in the whole wide world came to visit me :)  And we had an awesome BBQ for a football game and to celebrate some birthdays, which was sooo much fun, especially because there was crab legs.... so delicious ^^

Then, after an amazing high, the weekend dropped to an all-time low, or perhaps it felt that way because we had been so high on happiness that the low seemed much lower, but either way, it was pretty shocking.  My uncle's dog was hit and killed by a car; I loved that dog like no other, lemme tell ya, but the reality of it all really hasn't sunk in yet I think because I really haven't been too sad about it yet... I trained him, and he always greeted me like no other.  He was one heck of a huge dog - maverick is about one of the only words that truly describes how big he was.  I miss him, but I'll really get the full wave of emotion when I visit my uncle and aunt's place and feel the absence of his vibrant self.

The other low was when my special visitor had to return home.  He's very much missed, but fortunately I'll get to see him again soon :)  Thank God for airplanes, haha.

I think that perhaps bad things happen in life so that we don't get too comfortable with who we are because often times, we aren't exactly as great as we'd like to think we are.  I know this very personally; I find that every time I get hurt or am down, the little things mean so much to me, and I want to pass those little things on to other people around me, whether I know them or not.  Maybe that's just me, haha, but hopefully not.