ups and downs entrances and exits arrivals and departures sometimes life feels like a hurricane difficult days sad emotional days momentous wonderful days too but wherever there is motion there is momentum and we can always begin again to recapture our energy to realign with our rhythm to concentrate on feeling whole again of course there will be obstacles things that get in the way we must cut ourselves some slack when the “to do” list doesn’t line up exactly with the “done” list because beating ourselves up for not being perfect ultimately defeats the entire purpose of living we know there will be those days days when we're sick or tired or injured days when we're feeling really down so we must try our hardest to avoid rigidity and welcome flexibility to make adjustments when and where we can to go gently to not make excuses to just notice and forgive adjust and restart to absolutely stop watching the highway of life pass us by and jump into the car with the smoothest ride ups and downs entrances and exits arrivals and departures