Lumpy richness

There will be pleasure and pain, triumphs and regrets. Embrace it all as it comes, make the best of it, and move steadily forward.

Disappointments will come, and then new opportunities will soon appear. Each day, each season will have its share of ups and downs, beginnings and endings.

Life is wonderfully rich, and yet that richness is not creamy and smooth like a chocolate milkshake. Life's richness is highly lumpy and inconsistent, and that's what makes it so magnificent.

You're much more able to fully treasure the good times when you've been through difficulties. The victories taste so much sweeter after a string of defeats.

Just remember as you go along that it's all part of the richness. Just as night gives value to day which in turn gives value to night, all life's experiences mesh together in a truly sumptuous adventure.

On this day, in this moment, it is all yours to take in. Whatever may come, treasure the richness in all its lumpiness, now and always.

-- Ralph Marston

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