Worst days are the ones that
should not happen, or should they. Aren't best days the ones that we are
supposed to have? Everyone loves those!
Somewhere, in the law of
unwritten law of life events including health, there must be a clause that prohibits the worst
day of my life from ever happening. Unfortunately, that is not the case. But if
the worst day of my life ended up the best, the prohibitive clause might be
dropped with my permission.
The scale of life seems to
incorporate a healthy balance of worst day and best day scenarios into its
unwritten laws. To keep that balance in sync, it appears almost inevitable that
at some point in time, the worst day turned to the best day, or at least, that
should be possible.
Then, there arises the question
of how many worst day scenarios each person is entitled to experience in a
lifetime. The expressions, the worst and the best, would suggest that there can
only be one allotted to each person. That's no fun at all!
The question also arises as to
what constitutes a worst day-best day scenario. If there is truly only one of
each, then, being selective about designating any day as the worst day or best
day must be the singularly most important life decision that anyone could
possibly make.
In reality, everyone has worst
days and best days, quite regularly. No one is likely to place those on a scale
of any kind to measure their emotional weight, or to depict them as a continuum
to evaluate them in any other way.
Life is not really about checks
and balances, even though with respect to worst day, or best day scenarios,
while we do experience them at times, we seldom resort to weighing one against
the other. In other words, we can have the worst day without it also being the best
day of our lives.
Thus, we do not need to live in
fear of necessarily having the inevitable counter balance of a worst day
scenario, simply because of a best day scenario, or vice versa. Life does not
work like that. It is far too unpredictable to even suggest that happens.
Worst and best are merely
subjective-objective judgments or decisions that we make, based upon our
understanding of life itself and our sense of values, internal or external. No
one else will have the same judgment of anything, or make the exact same
decision about it, so be prepared to defend your case if you make an arbitrary
judgment or decision of that nature.
Remember that as a human being,
you are entitled to make judgments in terms of worst and best, as are others.
Comparative judgments are often quite revealing and can vary as in being
perceived from one generation to another. In other words, your idea of worst
and best may not be the same as your parents or grandparents. The same is true
with respect to children and adults.
Also, remember that you can
always change your mind about anything! Coping with a worst day scenario, by
simply turning it into a best day scenario may be the best thing that you can
possibly do for yourself and others! Learning how to do that is an art in itself.
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