Life Spirals Upwards (even if it doesn't seem this way)

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. 
~Henry David Thoreau 

Why assume you must step back?  
When you could step forwards- onwards- instead?

In us all is the power to choose whether a seeming setback represents a stumbling block or a stepping stone..

Flames to dust...

"Well the dogs were barking at a new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon
And the sun was wondering if it should stay away for a day 'til the feeling went away
..."

Nellie Furtado's All Good Things (come to an end) tune haunts me today...