Bad Days

The day starts off with an extremely pushy telemarketer who tells you that they're charging your credit card for a "savings plan" and it's all downhill from there.  You get a communication from someone who literally only talks to you when they're telling you how dumb you are.  You get in a fight with someone you love.  You get stung by a wasp and have to use an epipen.  You suffer a death in the family.  There are a million and one reasons that someone can have a bad day.  The adage that "bad things happen to good people" is definitely true.  "Nice guys finish last"...maybe. 
I took a week off because I suffered the death of two amazing people that I loved more than life....two people I've known forever.  They died at the hands of a drunk driver.  They died needlessly and I have nightmares about the last things they must have seen, how scared they were....it's a devastating thought.  I cannot imagine what their immediate family is going through and how much worse it is for them.
There are alot of other things that were going on that phased my week but it comes down to this.  There has to be a storm before the rainbow.  All things, even bad ones, happen for a reason.  They hurt and they sting like hell in the aftermath.  But cuts heal, hurt fades.  You never forget but you learn how to walk with the scars.  So here's my fantastic knowledge on the topic of dealing with the bad days:
*It's okay to cry.  Cry alot when you need to.  It's physically good for your body to release but mentally, it's often the key to freeing your mind.
*It's okay to feel anger as long as you don't let it take you over.
*It's okay to have several feelings going on at one time.  You feel what you feel.  You can't control your feelings; you can control your actions because of your feelings.
*No one else can tell you how you should react or what you should feel.  You feel what you feel.  That's what makes you uniquely you.
*Compassion and empathy go hand in hand and hurting for someone else is not a crime.
*Finally, letting go doesn't mean giving up.  You could wait a million years for an apology and the only person you're hurting is yourself.  You could stay mad at someone for decades and they probably won't even notice.  You can hurt every single day for someone or you can appreciate the time you had and cherish the memories.
Now that you have received a great deal of wisdom, you can go about your day.... LOL I'm not THAT full of myself.  It's probably something you already know.  It doesn't hurt to affirm it.  You never know who might need to hear something right when you're saying it. :)