We have all heard the expression "when it rains it pours". Its mostly used in reference to a series of life altering or life changing situations that seem to pile up in front of us at an exponential rate of change. Like we are standing in our doorway, with each problem waiting in line to punch us in the abdomen while a bigger angrier older brother is standing behind it and another behind it, all waiting for their turn to try and knock you out, going back all the way around the corner to the end of the hallway.
What I'm beginning to understand now is that the inverse of this works the exact same way. Take those same angry brothers and make them happy, and instead of wanting to punch you they are waiting in line to give you an individual gift. We refer to the good times in our lives as "moments". I think its because relative to the bad "periods" they seem much shorter. They are shorter because we make it so, we subconsciously reduce the length of the gift giving line by closing the door, even though ironically we leave it open during the punch sessions. We walk away sometimes before we have received every gift because we are not used to consuming happiness in its pure uncut crystallized form. So we dilute it. We tell ourselves it won't last or wait for the bad thing that we expect to balance out the many good we are experiencing.
Its OK to find a 100 bucks in a pair of jeans while doing laundry, win a trip to Hawaii, get a promotion and a raise, and start dating someone funny and attractive all in the same week. It doesn't mean that week two will suck it might just mean you're on a roll so don't don't cut it short.
*it was only 20 bucks
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