So What

Description

Life is like a rubber band – constantly expanding and contracting. Expansion times are the good times – our mountain top experiences. We make new friends, expand our knowledge, enter into new relationships, perhaps bring new life into the world, and get a bigger and better job, etc. Those are the halcyon days when everything seems perfect, there is money in the bank and our relationships are blossoming; we know we are loved by family and friends. Where there is expansion, however, there must also be a time of contraction. These times can be valley experiences when simply nothing seems to go right; when everything bad that can happen seems to come our way, whether it is a number of small disappointments, a lost relationship, even death in the family. Our periods of expansion are easy and often exciting times that we hope will never end. In our heart of hearts, however, we know they cannot last forever and that a contraction, or valley experience, may be just around the corner.