Indeed life is like a long unwinding road heading somewhere upcountry; those are always several kilometers long and never really seem to come to an end. 
Some parts are straight while some have bends. Some are uphill and some go downhill. Some parts have bumps while others have potholes; potholes of varied depths and sizes.
But they all make part of YOUR road.
Question is, do you know your destination?
Are you on the right road? 

“Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other - activity in rest and rest in activity - is the ultimate freedom.” ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
You need to rest in order to be productive.
Your brain needs to shut down and cool off after a day of exerting it (assuming you did).

Assuming you are on your laptop at night and then power suddenly goes off, what happens? 
If your keyboard is illuminated then the light going off does not affect you. But if you are using one of those old laptops without illuminated keyboards, then unless you know how to type without looking at your keyboard you might as well shut down because typing will become a nightmare for you.
When darkness comes that’s when an illuminated keyboard gets its chance to show off its light.
And so should we.

When climbing a series of hills, to move from one hill to the next you have to climb down the current hill, pass through the connecting valley and climb up the next hill. Unless you are super(wo)man, bat(wo)man or one of those superheroes, the only way to the next plateau is by going down, then through the valley and up again until you get to the peak of the next hill.

And so it is with life.

Today marks the beginning of a new month.
It is a reminder that 4 months are gone; 8 more to go.
It is also a reminder that what’s gone is gone and cannot be recovered, however, you have the gift of today, and you can get a lot done if you put your mind to it.
Forget all you didn’t do before. Look forward to all you can still do with this new opportunity of a new month you now have.
A new month is like a new blank notebook, waiting for you to fill it up. What will you fill it up with?

Ever sat on your leg for a long time, or folded your hands for a long time without stretching them? What happens when you eventually stretch? Pins and needles, right? That is because our bodies were not created to stay immobile for long. 
That’s why you’ll fall asleep in one position, but when you wake up you find yourself sleeping in a different position, not necessarily because you were having a bad dream but because your body can’t stay in one position for long. Your brain unconsciously moves it. 

.......unless of course you don’t have any ideas. 
In the words of George Bernard Shaw:
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” That is why you should spend time thinking every day.

I’d never thought about this until I thought about it. Sorry if this sounds like a #YogiBerra quote but it is not. 
Not sure why or what I was doing when I suddenly thought of looking up the meaning of darkness from the dictionary. 
According to the dictionary, darkness is the partial or total absence of light. In other words, where there is no light, there is darkness.

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” ~ Dale Carnegie
And that right there is why I say happiness is a choice. 
It is a choice because once you know what makes you unhappy, you'll not want to stick around and wait for it to bring you unhappiness, will you? A normal person will not. He or she will gravitate towards what brings them happiness.