We see life in blacks and whites and often in defined boxes – work, family, leisure. We or should I say “I” get so involved in the day-to-day prescribed events of my life that I often forget that life lived is very fluid and contains many shades of grey.When my mom was sick it became very clear to me how my boundaries expanded and shifted as her illness changed. The process was fluid and yet when I was in the midst of it I didn’t recognize how my beliefs shifted during her illness and dying. What was once outside the box and a completely unacceptable option became the norm and now completely acceptable. It is very easy to judge other people’s decisions and choices when we haven’t lived them.
The circle of life is fluid. It ebbs and flows and there are very few things written in stone. Why then do we behave as if things are rigid with little room for movement? There is something to the saying – “Go with the flow”. Perhaps that fluidity is something to both embrace and cherish rather than trying to get things to fit neatly in a box and be handled. A fluid circle is a great image to hold. It accommodates expansion and contraction and it fits into odd little shapes and spaces – like life. The fluid circle allows!
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I would like to 'second' this post. I have just recently gone through my second layoff in two years. Looking at the event as a sense of fluid motion, leading me to the next adventure, was a lot easier and less stressful. I even attracted a job a LOT faster than my first time around.
Sure the economy is a lil better, but I think my attitude had a lot to do with it. I was less focused on the negativity and the "slap across the face" feeling, that things just seemed to move on breathlessly.
And, good for you to shift gears in the moment and focus on the fluidity rather than the overwhelm of event. That is a true challenge when we are immersed in life's "opportunities for growth".
What a great way of looking at life during a very hectic week (for me). Your words remind me that it is not all about my "control" of each and every day, but how the ebb and flow changes and the energy we lose in one circumstance, we can gain in another. I sometimes find myself wasting so much energy in my attempt to control my time and space. That energy might be better put to use in "growing with the flow".