Nothing Is Good or Bad – It Just Is
Photo by me Sweetellabella Photography
How often do we slap labels on our experiences without even realizing it? A tough conversation becomes a bad day. A compliment becomes a good one. It’s almost automatic, and our brains love to categorize, sort, and file life into neat little folders: good, bad, right, wrong. But what if we stopped doing that?
What if we allowed things to just be?
Labeling experiences can be like adding fuel to a fire. When we judge something as bad, our minds get busy weaving stories around it. We worry, spiral, stress. We compare it to the "good" and find ourselves dissatisfied. But in truth, most events are neutral until we assign meaning to them.
This doesn’t mean we stop feeling or become emotionless robots. It means we give ourselves the freedom to experience life without boxing it in. We shift from judgment to awareness. From reaction to observation.
Next time something happens, whether it’s a delay, a surprise, or something unexpected… pause. Catch yourself labeling it as good or bad. Instead, get curious. Sit with the moment and ask: what is this? Not what should it be, or how do I fix it, but simply… what is?
You might find that you breathe a little easier. That the moment doesn’t feel so heavy. That your stress begins to unravel, thread by thread.
There’s great power in presence. And in presence, things don’t need labels—they just are.
Life is not good or bad it just is
