LIFE IS 50/50

These two kiddos keep things interesting at my house!  They are my youngest children, Megan and Josh,  and lets just say they are teaching me a lot!  They can be best friends one minute and worst enemies the next.  I see them being fiercely loyal to one another, then minutes later tattling on the other to make sure there will be a punishment given!

I love finding them sitting on the bed together talking about their day, and Josh giving Megan advice about how to survive 6th grade, or whatever the problem may be.  It warms my heart to see them playing games together and laughing. I DON'T love the fighting, the bugging, the tattling, and the "It's not fair!" phrase that I will never grow fond of!

But that's how life is, right?  It's all 50/50.  About half the time will not be great,  bad things will happen, we'll go through hard times and feel uncomfortable, we will fail and feel defeated.

And the other half will be amazing, full of great experiences and good times.  We will feel joy and happiness, confidence and pleasure.  We'll experience success and gratitude.

But one couldn't be without the other.  We would not appreciate the good times if we didn't ever experience disappointments and trials.  The good times are so much sweeter because of the hard things we go through.

And that's exactly how it is supposed to be!  Nothing has gone wrong.  We wouldn't recognize the good without the bad.  It's what makes life rich and beautiful.  Embracing it all opens you up to live your life to the fullest.

And hopefully those two monkeys will grow up to be the very closest friends!