To Fight off the Cynicism: to live a life of joy.

Even though cynicism has a seductive appeal, it gets us really no where, except on the long road of bitterness and stagnation. One of those days that I must fight this off as life is full of unfairities and injustice. It is what we do with such atrocities that really count and turn them into strengths and many valuable lessons. Some lessons I have found appreciative, some I have a hard time emotionally digesting. I suppose we all need to remember some things in this life we are not meant to understand. Perhaps someday we will, but as for now to find comfort in the uncertainty of it all is of the utmost importance to maintain our serenity and the will to continue to breathe in this life we have been given. When we do this, slowly we can begin to find joy in those people and the earthly gifts we have been blessed with. Melancholy is only a temporary state until we heal our hearts and minds, and then we find ourselves being able to smile again, little by little............