When it shines, it soars

As mentioned in my previous entry, I spend a lot of time contemplating the past. Having spent a lot of time considering the past year or two in particular, I have observed that it has been characterized by the arrival of a number of unexpected successes in quick succession, followed by the arrival of a number of disappointments. The cycle repeats with a periodicity on the order of months. This periodicity roughly corresponds to my emotional time constant, and so it puts me on a wild emotional roller coaster. (unbounded positive feedback, if you will) At the moment, I seem to be on a positive part of the cycle, hence the title of today's entry. The corresponding title for the negative part of the cycle would be, "When it rains, it pours." I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop...