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my way. I viewed the low moments as God's way of reminding me that I was human and no better than anyone else - oh and of course showing me that I could survive through most anything. The happy moments became rewards for keeping my eyes forward always and understanding "this too shall pass." There was a time though when I allowed myself to get caught up in the thinking that all was wrong with my world and would never get better - I was as close to depressed as I had ever been. I nearly gave in to it, but I finally managed to shake it off and set my sight on the happy moments I knew could not be that far away - not as easy at it sounds and it took much introspection on my part along with a decision to take a different direction in my life. The other day, I was reading some posts that I wrote during this near-depression time in my life and realize that what made the difference between me and others that I know or have heard of from friends - others that spend most of their life dwelling on the sadness in their life - was that I understood life has lows and highs and the high moments will surface in time if you keep working towards them.

If one finds it difficult to believe that life can be full of happiness and sadness and that living life to the fullest regardless is the key, then I suggest that person make an effort to be simply content. Being content is a nice place to be and there is a definite benefit in remaining there and not allowing extreme emotion to overtake one's life - the lows will not have such devastating effects when they only tug at one from the neutral position as opposed to tugging at one who is way into the positive side. However, it is my suggestion that highs and lows be embraced and appreciated for there equal ability to shape a person and the people that surround that person. I encourage everyone to write and write often about the good and the bad and everything in between. In time, I believe it will be easy to see that the highs and lows require one another to exist and that both make life worth living - I would not want to go through life never having been truly happy and every happy moment is that much stronger and more appreciated when compared to the lows.

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