Beautiful and Horrifying.

What more is there to say? That utterance pretty much sums up this last six months for me.

I suppose both 'beautiful' and 'horrifying' are pretty strong ways to describe things, so it makes sense that they were one another's logical opposites when I was trying to zero in on a way to describe the sunrise this morning. And yesterday. And the day before.

So many pockets of unexpected beauty and growth, along with so many pockets of unexpected loss and difficulty. Pendulum, yin and yang, balance . . .

I suppose the best you can ask from yourself in the midst of things you cannot control is to come to the moment and be adaptable. See the moment for what it is immediately, and invest enough care into allowing it to become other things too.

Horrifying . . . and beautiful.