Silver Linings

All of my facebook posts are ridiculous to say the least. I don't know if it's possible for people to find them thought provoking but sometimes there is a bit more to them than the post suggests. To elaborate a bit on one of them, this is what I wrote: "Every cloud may have a silver lining but people tend to forget that the silver lineing is a high level of atmosphereic electostatic discharge that kills dozens of people each year. Clouds don't kill people, silver linings kill people." What could  possibly be bad about seeing the light behind the cloud or looking for the bright side of a situation? That depends on our expectations. Are we taking a grim moment of our lives and finding the good in it? Sometimes we  can think profoundly enough about something to see the sunshine behind it. This makes us appreciate the trial for the constructive repercussions that it brings us if  we handle it well. It has to rain every once in a while to keep our world bright and colorful.  This is a good way to see things. Unfortunatly this isn't always our way of thinking. We approach these situations in sort of a 'grass is greener on the other side' instead of 'looking on the bright side' mentality. This brings with it the expectation of if I simply weather the storm without an open mind or a desire to learn from the experience then there will be something waiting on the other side for me. A dark cloud begins to form so we lock ourselves in our houses, close the blinds and turn on the television. We learn nothing through it and expect everything from it. Is that dangerous? Not if you want to remain stagnant in your success I guess, but nobody should want that. The silver flash of light stops us dead in our tracks and we have wasted the opportunity to grow. In other words instead of being envious of  the other side of the fence we can find out what to do to improve our side. Keep in mind that the only reason the grass is greener over there is because unrealized dreams, dieing pursuits and decomposing aspirations make great fertilizer.