It wouldn't be life if....

Wouldn't it be great we never felt sadness, anger, disappointment or frustration?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had enough money to buy anything and everything we wanted, our homes were spotlessly clean, our jobs were easy and we always got along with our family members & friends. How about if every person we met on the street smiled and paid us a compliment?
What if each holiday was filled only with joy? What if we never suffered losses or ended relationships? What if we never had painful feelings or desires or failures -- just a steady stream of even contentment?

Would it be better?
Maybe
Would it be life?
I'm not so sure....

Today was a beautiful day for me. Full and complete. It started with oversleeping, some slugghishness; then some anxiety ("will my friend be angry with me for making a mistake the other day? I need to talk to her"; then some peace; then some hunger, followed by a long line and no available tables, then a good meal; then a long drive, a walk around a Dude Ranch (gorgeous horses, scent of manure); then running out of time to do a hike (the event the day was planned around); then impatience; then dropping and breaking my digital camera, then temporarily losing a family member on the trail; then finding her; then relief; then feeling sorry for myself for breaking a second camera in the last year, then laughter with my brother and hearing these words in my head,

"It wouldn't be life if..."

if things always went smoothly
if I never broke or lost items I like
if I knew what my future look like
if I never had "relationship issues"
if I never made a mistake or let someone down

If there were not bumps and holes along the path that we call life--
if I did not sometimes stumble and fall, I would not be able to stand back up and say,
"I learned something today!"
or
"Thank God she is not really lost"
and
"I have just enough today. Not everything I want, but everything I need."

Yes, that divine voice has told me several times,
"Sometimes not getting what you want is exactly what you need."

Namaste and Love my friends,
This is life.