Tiredness

 Bone-crushing tiredness that comes from lifting heavy loads, thinking through problems and running behind a toddler to get them to do things is actually quite sweet. Because after the tiredness comes rest. And rest brings calm, peace, tranquility and momentary stability. 

Getting through the feeling is no fun, just the knowledge that after such intense tiredness, the rest that comes is manna. 

Yeah, yeah, you could extrapolate life metaphors from this - shade and shadow, ups and downs, the state of one being a foil to another to actually feel it and be grateful. I’m not sure I’m in the mood to view things that way today - when you feel darkness, the light feels all the brighter and such.