Eternal sadness

Is it the human condition?
If you let it be.

As a human, we have the right,
No, the gift, of choice.

We can wallow in the depths
Of our self Imposed suffering.

Reminisce on the things that happened yesterday. Analyze every step we took.

Make the mental leap between having a sharp intelligence.  Maybe even trying to dull our senses using external forces. 

Or we can choose to be thankful for the right now.
For being able to experience the life we have.  

But that's the rub,  isn't it?

As humans we often find ourselves addicted to sadness and despair.  

Not because we enjoy the way it feels.  But because the chemically induced solace has become something that we know. 

So we hope and pray that we are going on the right path.  Even if it is the less traveled.