Balance between challenge and progression

Droughts are a strange thing when you come from a place where it rains most of the summer, snows most of the winter and where overall in a year it's more cold then hot.

Since January, we've had rain 2 times only. One hour once, ten minutes months later. 1h10 total in 6 months.

The sun is high, the sky is blue, it's hot and there is no rain in sight.

Yet this is a bad thing that causes ravages at least as equal as too much rain.

When I was still home, I could never imagine that too much sun could be a bad thing. We had the contrary where we could get clouds for days at ends with no sign of sun.

My husband reminded me today that for life to be enjoyable we need a balance between challenge and progression. If it's too easy, we don't feel a sense of achievement.

It made me think that if our lives are this long continuous blue sky, with no rain, no clouds what would it do to our souls? To our experience here?

People play games to feel just that, and this is one of the biggest challenge game developers have to make come true: find the balance that will make the challenge fun and not frustrating. Make sure it is not too easy at the same time as it will become boring. For having played MMO's (massive multiplayer game online) this is one of the complains I have read the most. People don't agree as a whole what a challenge should be. Some want it extremely hard, some just want to have a fun ride and not be challenged too much.

So how are our lives fitting in this? Would we be bored to death if we were happy all the time with no tears to make some rain drop from our eyes?

The need for contrast is so unique here on Earth and so hard to live fully. I have received countless messages, from my own angel, guides, other people's guide, Masters... they all said the same. We are here to experience the contrast of life. If something becomes still too long, we get bored. We need ups and downs. Need to be challenged. And it takes great faith to believe the challenge is fair to us. That God, as our game designer, is crafting everything around us just so perfectly to fit our individual needs. It's easy to get angry and to stop believing this has a reason to be.

I have been there and I can even imagine going there again one day. It's hard to trust that the challenges ahead are good for us. It feels than, like a necessary evil. Without contrast how can we know we are happy?