Walking on sunshine

If something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is.  How many times have I heard that?  And it is generally true. 

Getting something for nothing is unrealistic.  Free lunches usually come with all kinds of strings, but what about those things that are actually worked for?  

A labor of love can seem so ridiculously easy in retrospect that one forgets how hard it was.  The fact that the suffering seemed to be less than expected doesn't negate the work.

The pauses in the past, those times when there were so many clouds that the sunshine was a brief and rare interlude, might lead one to believe that all of life is this way; flashes of light followed by darkness when in fact it is usually flashes of darkness followed by light.

I think this is the hero's journey, or it can be.  Modern day heroes may not be fighting dragons or gorgons, but the darkness and danger is just as real.  Coming through that and reaching the mountain top is not the end.  This is when heroes are separated from mountain climbers.

Once the hero finally begins walking on sunshine he knows that his life is a gift not only to himself but to others.  He is obligated to a standard of living and helping others that cannot be ignored. 

There are no free lunches, but there are incredible opportunities for those who seize them.