Hanging On and Letting Go

"Sadness clings like dust particles, and makes us think there is no other way to feel than sad.  But what makes us sad?  Is there something tangible that we can deal with?  Or is it just everything - and yet, nothing in particular?  At times, there is a sorrowing of the soul, the deep-seated knowledge that all is not well, and things are getting worse.  No one respects anyone else and when will it cease.  How can we be happy when there is so much wrong around us?  This is our  chance to be a seed of happiness, a spark of hope, a star that someone can look to and follow out of a dark place.  Sadness is a symptom that is contagious - but so is faith and cheerfulness."  Cherokee Lady

Some things deserve to be remembered - others to be forgotten.  I need both - remembering and forgetting - to keep myself balanced.  Remembering some of what was wrong so as not to repeat it and forgetting some of what was right so I do not wallow in it.  Every day is a day of picking up and setting down, catching hold of what I want and letting go of what I do not need.