Heavy

Time to write!

Is anything quite so heavy as drooping eyelids or a broken heart? Which is heavier? Can a broken heart be lifted by laughter? Can drooping lids be forced open?

In both cases the answer is one and the same. Yes. But only for so long.

For at some point the body must exact it's demands. The eyes must shut, or they must cry. Light cannot always be entering the body through the eyes, and light cannot always be leaving the body through the joyful heart. There, sometimes, has to be darkness.

The darkness can be literal or symbolic, just as the weight can either require physical or emotional strength. Strength, however, and pliability must be balanced together. We must, to borrow a common phrase, learn to bend before we break.

"Never give up" is certainly a worthy and inspiring mantra, but so is "know when to take a rest".