There’s a place deep inside us where sadness and joy finally stop running from each other
It’s not loud and its far from dramatic.It’s that moment when the ache softens just enough for a small ray of light to get in.
Sadness sits there first
heavy,
honest,
unafraid to name what was lost.
Then joy arrives s-l-o-w-l-y
not to erase the sadness,
but to sit beside it,
knees touching,
like an old friend returning after a long
silence.
And in that small, fragile meeting point,
something shifts.
You realise the two were never at war.
Sadness carried that memory.
Joy carried that meaning.
And together, they made you whole.
This is the middle -
the tender place where tears fall and something warm rises at the same time.
Where you grieve what shaped you and smile at what’s still possible.
Where your heart breaks open just enough to grow.
It’s where you learn that life is not one emotion replacing another,
but all of them learning to breathe in the same room.
Because to be human is to experience all emotions. In emotions, it is best to be wealthy. But it takes maturity and a healthy well-being to achieve that skills acknowledging all human emotions rather than choosing only what is best for the situation. Every emotions we encounter co exist to each other, hence, we must know how to accept it and sit with it for us to process them in healthy way. Sadness and joy, a full contrast, and an opposition. But what happens when we accept that the two should be put in the same room to breathe? We understand life and our emotional experience completely. And perhaps, we won't be only labelling joy as happiness or sadness as turmoil but simply experiences that make us human.
Beautifully said!