Season's Greetings

Notice that when something really, really bad happens you can count on that one good friend to say "Well at least..." and "it could be so much worse" or maybe even "One day you'll see the good." Isn't it just possible that some things have no greater good? Why assume the silver lining? Sometimes damage is just damage and harm has no other companion but grief or sorrow and thoughts that you tell yourself and no one else stalk you from the moment you wake up Good or bad there is a lesson to be had Perhaps one is that consequences do not hold hands with victims who stand aside live and let live and yet are greeted by the point of a blade. Those who fly or climb or jump or surf or tempt and lean on free will may learn to lean on metal or wood or plastic Prosthetics that nurture one's true character Becoming one's own friend may involve meeting free will and accepting that from the beginning some outcome befitting should tell others of our person Another may see that an action or result upended "I was just minding my own business" Like a December holiday the good and bad can be what we make of them free of lies delusions wishes claims beliefs fantasies hopes