The days are not always good. Sometimes I even feel like there are more bad days than good days. Maybe that's not true and I only focus on the little negative things. But what is true is that the universe always manages to surprise me. It manages to wake me up and take me out of that great emptiness in which I sometimes find myself. And they are not always extraordinary things. Sometimes it's simply a hug, a message from my loved ones or the visit of a beautiful bird at my window. Looking back I realize that bad days don't last forever, and that I'm so grateful to be alive to realize the blessings of the universe.