I guess “life” is the word that kind of sums it up.

Each day is a mixture of happiness, sadness, frustration, laughter, anger, starting out tired, gaining energy and ending tired or sometimes exhausted. It’s not always in this order and sometimes missing some or adding other emotions.

I’m happy to be alive and well, sad about the loss of friends, family problems or world events, frustrated over things as silly as SNAFU at work or politics, or sometimes lack of good communication with someone. A lot of laughter is what I enjoy most at work. We make it through each day where I work with a significant amount of laughter. It beats crying, and if you worked for the government you’d laugh too!

It’s hard not to be angry when I listen to the news on the radio. As for the tiredness and energy, I can say I am thankful that I still have energy, especially when I’m interested in something like troubleshooting a problem. It’s funny how we can just flow through a days mixed bag of emotions so well. We get a lot of practice! I shut off the news sometimes on the radio and that can help though I continue to read headlines on the web fearing I might miss something important. So fear works itself into my emotions almost daily also.

I only watch Hee Haw and Marty Stuart on TV and that helps too.  I’m betting most of us go through about the same emotions each day in different degrees.

I’m writing this to analyze myself, and maybe find ways to improve. I wonder how many people self analyze but don’t write it down. Maybe we should all evaluate and analyze ourselves occasionally, or maybe some people are immune but I’m thinking not.

I guess “life” is the word that kind of sums it up.