As a small child I was mesmerized with tops. The old wood ones that had a string wrapped around them and when pulled appropriately it would spin effortlessly and colors melded beautifully together. If the string wasn’t wound correctly it resulted in either a complete falling over or at best a severely wobbling spin. Even when the string may have been on perfectly if the execution of pulling the string wasn’t in-sync the result was much the same.. wobbling.
Funny how life can be like that old wood top. Even if our strings are wound correctly (doing everything we possibly can when we are supposed to) if we don’t pull correctly (our attitudes or misconceptions of things) we wobble out of control.
Just like those old tops we pick it up and rewind hoping this time to wind it correctly, adjusting where needed and pull it again hoping for that beautiful melding of colors as we watch a perfect spin.
If it were possible in this journey of life to get a perfect spin it would be great; however, this life is not perfect on any level. It is our perceiving that needs adjustment to see reality as it is ..not as we wish it was..realizing that perfection is not obtainable. To stop and breathe… simply breathe. We were never intended in this life to be perfect or live in perfect spinning sync all the time.
Attitude adjustments sometimes by the minute are in order to not only thrive but some moments to just survive. Here’s to all of us who are continually picking it back up, rewinding our strings and once again attempting a perfect pull. We all need to remember that even when we are wobbling, or even falling over into a skid across the floor, those beautiful colors are still there even when we can’t seem to see them.
Wishing you a perfect pull today ❤️❤️
Reflections on Life’s Journeys 