Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.--O'Henry

The balance in life places us between happiness and sadness. Life can't always be ecstatically happy and free from woe, just as it isn't always miserably unhappy. Somewhere in the middle is a gray area where neither smiles nor sobs predominate.

Living life on its terms means accepting the events life brings without overreacting with ecstacy or depression. Acceptance sometimes means we may not feel happy and we may not feel sad--we may just feel. This is the middle ground of feeling that isn't high or low--it seems indefinable.

We don't always have to feel great. Sometimes we can just feel okay. Accepting that middle-of-the-road feeling and not trying to analyze it or define it gives us the freedom to have gray areas in our lives. And sometimes it is the gray area that keeps us from bouncing off walls or riding an emotional roller coaster. Accepting the gray area can give us sanity.

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Tonight I can find the gray area in my life and realize not everything has to be good or bad--sometimes it can just be.