"without pain, how could we feel joy?"

i remember i quoted that title in my previous blog post and i'm using it as a title as i just watched inside out yesterday. first off, i would just like to say that it was absolutely amazing and that i loved every single little part of it. honestly, disney pixar films never fail to amaze me. the movie literally reached out to me and it was as if i was feeling and experiencing all the emotions felt in the movie and it was just wow. anyways, for those of you who haven/t watched it yet or who's planning on watching it, you should! the whole general idea that's given off from this movie is that it's literally impossible for anyone to feel happy ALL THE TIME. no one can survive without the other emotions, without sadness, disgust, anger and fear. sadness brings us joy in so many forms and we have all these emotions we feel because of what we experience and go through in our daily lives. without joy, we won't be able to feel any other emotions, and similarly, without the other emotions we won't be able to feel joy either. besides, a roller-coaster can't only go up right? it has to come down at some point of time but i assure you, it'll go right back up just before you know it. we just have to face what we feel and appreciate the fact that we have all of these amazing emotions inside us.

after all; life's a climb, but the view's great. only if you want it to be.