© 2020 Sterling James
What does it take to be brave?
I’ve often wondered why I can be so brave at times and less so at other times in my everyday life. Matter of fact, it bothered me that I wasn’t brave at all times. It was hard to live with those changes. Then one day, I figured out what was happening. It was simple. Newton’s law all over again that for every action, there is an equal reaction. It all made sense when your thoughts and actions are moderate; the opposite reaction to them was moderate as well. Don’t you see the more radical your thoughts, the more distance you put yourself from a moderate stance, the harsher the counter-reaction? It seems to work. So the less you think about fighting, the less you’ll see of it. In hindsight, it seems to solve my problem. I want to put myself in a challenging situation less often so I should choose my battles more carefully my true self comes out here now.
A word of advice judge others more easily, and you will judge yourself fairer that’s the way of the up and downs.
Newfound wealth.
Aren’t you glad you’re human. We’re the only ones on earth that could make sense out of the ups and downs of life. That’s a big advantage all over all the other living things that surround us. We are truly gifted. Now our next task is to use it to our advantage of course wherever there are good times there’s a bad side happening. So we must be careful about how we use our newfound wealth.
My first experience of coming in 2nd best in life happened early in life.
My first, second-best day I remember didn’t happen in a game of poker; instead, it happened in a game of stickball. It was a beautiful day over my aunt and uncle’s house when the game occurred. My brother and I accompanied my cousin to the schoolyard, where the stickball game was to take place. I was high about showing off my stickball skills to my cousin. I was so sure of myself. Was I surprised at the outcome of the stickball competition? I couldn’t do anything right, no matter how hard I tried. I couldn’t hit the ball with the stickball bat. I didn’t even touch the ball. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. How come this is happening? Well, today I know it was the 2nd best day. So the mystery of that day makes sense to me now.
You can call it a force.
You can call our cycles a force since they come from gravity, and gravity is a force of nature.
Newton’s third law again.
Every negative downside has a positive upside, especially if you give it time to mature.
When cycles seem to repeat themselves, here is why.
When a person doesn’t learn from the lessons that life has to offer, they are bound to repeat them. An example of this would be as we go through our midrange cycles; it seems that they are very similar to the big difference is our experiences as we get older. So if you don’t learn a lesson on one midrange cycle, that same lesson may reappear on another midrange cycle with similar but different circumstances.
Smaller to bigger cycle.
Cycles can get bigger and bigger, and cycles can get smaller and smaller for all I know. As of yet, I don’t know the limits of either one. What these two have in common besides possible infinity is they both move in circles. That is their connection. Besides circular motion, they operate in the same way. The physical laws with bigger cycles are the same way for smaller cycles, most likely.
Everything, including love, has his ups and downs.
Even love as it’s high points and low points. At times you’re in 7th heaven, and then other times, you don’t feel loved.
Balancing Out The Ups and Downs of Life 