Surreality

There are days that just seem a bit surreal and then there are days that truly do turn out that way.


It's not often that Life shows you it's extremes in such short fashion, but when it does, it does with utmost clarity. Very recently I had the misfortune of having to deliver life altering news to people I respect and have been working with for a very long time. Delivering that news was not the best day of my life. But in stark contrast to that morning, I went home and proceeded to help my daughter make a "leprechaun trap" for school. The absurdity of the day didn't hit me until days later as I recounted the day to a friend.


How, on one hand, can I be the cold messenger of (professional) death, and then hours later be making a fantastical contraption for a mythical creature. But such is Life. One minute you are making adults swear at your name, and the next, you are making children smile. 


I can only reconcile this with the knowledge that there, laid out in the full spectrum of a day, was Life showing me it's capacity. Fear. Hate. Anger. Love. Laughter. Acceptance. All in one sunrise.


Some lessons can be subtle and hard to decipher. This one was like a hammer to the head.


Appreciate it all.