Dread....

Dread. Everyone experiences some form of Dread from time to time. Whether it's dreading that alarm clock going off at 5 a.m. or dreading your work week. Most forms of dread rapidly transform to simple burdensome frustrations, irritations and nuisances. Then there is the more arduous form of dread. True Dread often comes unannounced and then consumes our feelings with it's irrational sense of doom.

Have you ever had the feeling of True Dread? I'm not talking about fear. Fear is immediate. Fear is what kicks in when your confronted with danger. A mugger with a gun, a stranger in your house. I'm talking about Dread. Dread is persistent. It gnaws at you, you can't ignore it. It just won't go away, because that is what dread is. It's worrying about something you can't do anything about. Dread renders you defenseless. It slowly seeps in and paralyzes your soul and weighs heavy on your heart. Dread can affect your job, your home, alter your entire personality.

Then comes hope. Hope like dread, it often comes unannounced and then thankfully intoxicates us and inoculates our feelings with a irrational sense of joy and optimism.
Hope is the high, Dread is the low and I guess life is the stuff in between.