The Two Sides of A Coin

I was listening to a lecture and the speaker started telling a story.

I knew it was going to be one of those sad tales and I told my friend so.

He saw, and asked me what i had told my friend

I asked if it was going to be one of those sad ones

And he asked if I had a problem with sad strong tales

I said no, it’s only that, even if it’s a motivational piece, a happy story would be great as well

He took it as a learning point, to tell the whole class how we have to accept darkness even if we don’t want it .

That I was probably in denial, that’s why I was there then, to listen and get a piece of advice that would change my life

I told him I wasn’t afraid of the darkness

Matter of fact, life was full of darkness, it was all I knew

Perhaps what would uplift me was a glimmer, a think piece full of hope core

Rather than the sad stories that are a reflection of my life

How else would you tell someone in the trenches that there are beautiful stars once he lifts his head up and even more when he claws his way out?

Do you tell them that the people in the trenches with him are all  there is,yet he can see for himself and that that is the world that is transformative?

Or do you tell and show there is more than trenches and it’s all bout a choice of looking up to see the stars, and action of getting out of the trenches and seeing more world?

Why focus on triggers when there is so much glimmers all around?

Why focus on only pain when there is love around too?

Why give honor to one side of the coin when there is another side, there to see and be acknowledged?

Life is like a coin.

There are two sides of it

‘Good’ and ‘bad’

It’s up to us to look at them both, and acknowledge them both.