4.25.14 Had We Blithely Passed By

Still, at 61, I am caught unawares, when circumstances seem to happen to us,

 and we manage the wisdom to walk about , holding the emotions of 

disappointment and grief, experiencing them - 

versus shielding ourselves from them. 

And that very willingness to do so lands us in a new place,
Full of surprise and appreciation at the turn of events , 

which reveal themselves as strangely beneficent.
As something we would not have chosen ; 

and blinded to, 

would have blithely passed by altogether.