in the moment

Emotions are omnipotent.

They can bring joy.
They can blind.
They can lead.
They can tear down.

Emotions can make life full.
Emotions can make life hollow, confusing and stale.

You can love and find yourself on top of the world.
You can slip off the top and feel destroyed, bleak, lifeless, alone.
You can lose unexpectedly and feel shock, reflections upon your own mortality.

Intense emotion takes courage. The fall can be long and hard; regret and anger a natural defense. Voids hard to fill.

After the days, weeks or months, the real question becomes is it worth the risk?
When the intensity fades, how does the mind absorb and can it clear the smoke? Can the wounds heal and will the voids fill and scabs smooth over with minimal scars?

Life experienced as a series of moments in time is safe. The moment passes. It's savored as good or bad, full of joy or tears. Remembered but let go. However, given the complexity of the human mind, life's events imprint and accumulate; the buildup can be uneven and cause imbalance, with complex blockages inevitable.

It seems the goal becomes keeping the pathway clear. Learning from the pain and holding on to the joy. Living in a moment that may consider the future, but doesn't depend upon it being set. And letting go of a past that, good or bad will always remain in place - not to be repeated - lessons learned.

Emotions are omnipotent. At times, life is overwhelming and tumultuous. Painful moments from the past collide with a clear but hazy momentary present and a foggy unknown future.

In retrospect every moment creates a fuller life; friends and family listen and mend, hearts heal, loved ones remembered. Ride the rollercoaster and get back on the tracks even when it seems hopelessly derailed realizing hopeless is a state of mind - not a reality.

Emotions fulfill.
Emotions make life beautifully complex, in the moment, appreciating the past for what it was. Letting go, lesson learned. Savoring a close to perfect present. Anticipating an unknown future.

They make life real.