at a market outside chichen ixta

at a market outside chichen itxa, originally uploaded by pr9000.

People who suffer real tragedy and trauma typically recover more quickly than they expect to and often return to their original level of happiness ... the good news—we are a hardy species, even though we don't know this about ourselves. The bad news is that the good things that happen to us don't feel as good or last as long as we think they will. So all that wonderful stuff we're aiming for—winning the lottery, getting promoted, whatever we think will change our lives—probably won't do it after all. We're resilient in both directions. We rebound from distress but we also rebound from joy.

This probably explains why I was relaxed and happy on Monday morning, but today feel like smashing a brick through a plate glass window.