Open Wounds and Scarlett O'Hara
I learned something about myself today that might seem obvious to most of you. Maybe it should seem obvious to me but I'm a slow learner. Yesterday was a down day for me. I couldn't really explain it because nothing inconsequential happened or at least nothing really bad happened. So why was I down. Upon reflection today I think I figured it out. I had a really great week last week. I just strung together a bunch of good to great days and I rode that wave of emotional elation as long as I could. Yet I fell off the board yesterday and I couldn't figure out why. I was just down. But then it hit me. I think I might have fooled myself a bit. Thinking that I had seven great days in a row maybe I thought I was over my pain/loneliness and it would mostly be rainbows, puppy dogs and sunshine from here on out. Oh, I was a bit wrong. While I am an eternal optimist I now realize how inaccurate those feelings of min...