Peaks and Valleys

This is a phrase that I have heard a number of times, mostly by those who have served missions. This last Sunday someone mentioned it and it got me to thinking. Thinking about peaks and valleys in a literal and a figurative way. Peaks and valleys in a figurative sense is a half positive-half negative term. Ya know, how somedays we have awesome days and then there are other days when you just don't want to get out of bed, or you want to just curl up in a hole somewhere. Then let's compare this to the literal peaks and valleys.

I love the outdoors and the peaks and the valleys are absolutely gorgeous. So really I don't see any negative part of the literal peaks and valleys. So why do we use the term peaks and valleys when talking about our emotional state? Because it still makes sense. Peaks are high and valleys are low, so it is a great way to describe it. But still it is contradictive.

But that is really besides the point, mostly I've just been in a time of valleys and peaks, more valleys than peaks right now. So that is my most current goal, I'm trying to have more peaks than valleys. Not as easy as it should be. But I wouldn't mind doing some hiking in some of those literal peaks and valleys.