Disappointment
There are times in life when you get so exited only to be let down. Sometimes this is done slowly and yet other times, it is so abrupt you don't know how to respond until you've realized you are paralyzed from the intensity of the bruise on your ego. I know that as a grown up there should be a level of comprehension and understanding that regardless of your best laid plans, intentions, hopes, and dreams, that the chance of having those taken from you is there. It hurts no less than when a kid is promised a day at an amusement park and it is taken from them. It is one of those things that makes being a grown up so hideously horrible. I am in this moment, or rather, just a couple of hours ago in this frame of mind. I can't say that I didn't expect it. Heaven's after 30+ years of life it is one of those things I should know the most, never, ever, get your hopes up. But I did. Why? Because it involved one of my biggest passions; ...