Context is decisive...

There are a lot of times in your life, that feel like nothing can go wrong, the hits just keep on coming one after the other, there is just no dearth of successes , now here i've seen 2 types of people

• One, Those who can't believe their luck and go with the flow, making hay while the sun shines brilliantly on their lives, just raking in the moolah while its coming
• Second, Those who are highly suspicious of this purple patch, those who firmly believe that their life is such a complete unending tragedy that they constantly search for the shadow in the sunlight, start to second guess all of their decisions, start to expect and dread the fall when it comes;

Now these 2 POV's are very common, my inference being that life is a cos curve rather than a sine curve, I believe we don't start at 0 and then go on a high, but rather we start at the high and then subsequently we start tasting the lows and as we slide to absolute rock bottom, we recognize those dizzy peaks we were at, this slide is what i feel builds character and resilience, and also what destroys sanity and peace.

I feel a certain proverb coming on:
"A life not put to the test is not worth living"

Well one is just not enough, so here is another one:
"Calm seas never made a skilled mariner"

or in the immortal "word" of Homer Simpson D'OH

This cycle continues highs followed by lows, lows followed by highs what we can do is reduce the cycle time, such that the distinct highs and lows never seem the same. The aim being, to rise above the pettiness of situations dictating happiness to reach a point where we as a person dictate a situation's happiness.

This is what the zen shall dictate.
But sometimes Raph says to simply drift away,
to close my eyes and stop.