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Riparian areas are that space between water and dry ground that tend to be muddy, thick with vegetation, and riddled with bugs. While these bugs such as mosquitoes, dragonflies, spiders and other creatures can certainly be a pest, they have their benefits as well.

No matter who we are, what we do, or what kind of life we might live, there will always be seasons. There will be seasons when we are on top of the world, and likewise there will be seasons when we go through low points. The good times are always made better when they follow a season in our life when we just don’t think we can win, no matter what we do, and then we find a way. The lowest of our lows often show us just how resilient we really are, as we look back on them and see just how we fought back to overcome.

In 1980, the English rock band Pink Floyd released the song “Comfortably Numb.” The song, which is one of Pink Floyd’s most well-known songs, was featured on the hit album “The Wall,” which is considered a concept album about an embittered and alienated rock star named Pink. In “Comfortably Numb,” Pink is medicated by a doctor so he can perform for a show: