Hills and Valleys, Valleys and Hills

I've learned a hard lesson this week.

When you're angry, which really comes from a place of hurt, be careful what you say!

Losing control of your emotions can be hurtful and embarrassing.

Baggage can be really heavy.
And painful to carry around.
And sometimes really hard to unpack.
Some stuff has been in that bag for a long time.
It's been pushed into the corners. Some of it is stuck.
And sometimes it starts to slip out and pops the bag open.
And sometimes it breaks the bag and you have to get the bag fixed.
And once you start unpacking, you have to figure out what to do with the stuff...

Relationships are like living in a landscape of hills and valleys. (That's not my original thought - Thank you Jamie E. via Rabbi K!)

Up and down you go.

My burning question is: What is really real? The ups or the downs?