Have you ever seen yourself sad?

Have you ever been sad, and looked at yourself?

I know that is an odd question, but today I
was sad, and was taking pictures of me sad,
and with tears in my eyes.

It made me think about how easy it is not to
see something, unless we are faced with it.

Yes, we will feel the sadness, but unless we
"bathe" in it in some way, we may soon be off
to the next thing, ignoring the way we feel.

It seems to me that maybe the reason life gives
us speed bumps in the form of things we have
to pay attention to is because we didn't choose
to pay attention before we absolutely HAD to.

Maybe if we were more willing to see what was
really happening, and see how we were really
feeling, the choices we would make would be
different, and we'd be in a much better place.

Or not. LoL. Who the heck knows? I certainly
don't. But I think it is good to ask the
question at least because maybe the answer
will be meaningful in some way.

I don't know anyone who walks around taking pictures
of their sadness. But at the same time, it seems
that I was one today, and I share this with you
because we all have moments of being human that
aren't always the prettiest, or neatest, or
sanest, but they all count.

That is what I got out of this today. Perhaps in
my sharing it, you got something out of it for
yourself, or you just think me all the stranger
for it. Personally, I hope it is the former, but
if it happens to be the latter, oh well. :P

I suspect if more people were open (& felt they
COULD be open) about their hidden/seemingly
inappropriate sides, we would have a much more
tolerant and kinder and gentler world.

What do you think?

I hope you're having a good day/night.

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