Have you ever heard that expression? Take the bad with the good? I have always understood what it meant. In my own words it means, in life when anything comes your way, be it a person, a career, or even a book, there are parts of it you will love and enjoy to the fullest, possibly becoming an inspirational and massively important part of your life.
On the other hand there are the defects, the parts of it you didn't sign up for. These are the parts that make you cry, hurt, and feel like you hit the lowest level. But, in order to get the wonderful, you have to take the terrible.
You find a great man, who loves you, takes care of you and understands that part of you that you yourself barely understand, but he leaves the toilet seat up, and can ruin your day with one rude/unthinking comment. But without that rude crap you can barely seem to tolerate, there is a deeper misery that has roots in knowing you never put your heart out there, to find a match, or get broken... that's taking the bad with the good.
Be willing to accept what comes your way, be open to it, to all of it. This includes the heartbreak, the great fall into a great love, the book with a terrible ending but a perfect beginning, and the great job that makes you work the occasional weekend. Take it, push through the bad and relish in the good.
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