the past couple of weeks have been quite the roller coaster - a mish-mash of ups and downs with not much time, but lots of distance passing in between - not to mention a pickpocketing incident resulting in a lost passport, identity card, driving license, several credit cards and a significant amount of cash to boot.

le sigh.

i wished i had more to laugh about at this moment, but there's a lesson to be learnt here too - that there's a price to pay when you laugh a little too hard - especially when it's at someone else's misfortune of sorts.

on the flip side - life is so very short. and its ability to flip 180º at the blink of an eye, back again and to varying degrees along the way is nothing short of stupefying.

so yes, at the risk of sounding like mature cheddar - give thanks for the good, learn from the bad. laugh a little louder (but be warned: not at another's expense), cry a little harder. ground yourself in the present, leave the past behind.

and yes - don't forget to pray.

hugs*