We are standing on the precipice between 2024 and 2025. Should we take a look back at 2024 or just push forward into 2025?
We had several cloudy days recently and a friend committed on the weather being bad. My remark was, “It’s all in one’s perspective.” How can I enjoy sunny weather if we don’t have the clouds and rain? The earth certainly needs both the rain and sunshine. Winter brings shorter days and longer nights. It’s the same with darkness and light. Some parts of the world live in long periods of darkness, then finding those same areas being jettisoned into long periods of light.
I enjoy watching the sky being painted with colors of yellow, pink and gold with the sunrise and sunset. We need the contrast to appreciate life. Imagine what life would be like if there was no night and day. What would life be like if the weather was always sunny and 70 degrees? It would become rather mundane.
Then we have the ups and downs in life. The birth and death. Friends coming and going in our lives. Life can be a roller coaster at times. One thing I know for sure is that life is a journey. And that journey is what I make it. We are only victims if we choose to be.
Finding Balance in Chaos
I admit it can be hard to find balance in our lives, especially when life throws you a curve ball. I have experienced a curve ball lately and it has been a challenge. For seven months I had planters fasciitis making walking difficult. I had just gotten past the planters fasciitis and now I have broken my right foot. No weight bearing which really has made me become even more creative. Crutches just are not practical and are not particularly safe. How can one carry a cup of coffee while using crutches? Not happening at all!
My friend, Gina, comes to the rescue by loaning me her mother’s walker that has a seat and wheels. (No, I didn’t take the walker away from her mother.) Now, I roll around the house with the walker doing the chores I need to do. That has been an interesting experience learning new ways of doing ordinary things.
Murphy’s Law is really in full force in my life right now. Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will. Yesterday morning, I woke up with a severe case of vertigo! Really!!! I have felt dizzy on a rare occasion, but that’s nothing compared to vertigo. Oh my goodness! Now I know how a drunken sailor must feel on a boat rocking up and down on a choppy sea. Today is my second day with vertigo visiting. It has slacked off a little, however.
So, what’s my point in telling you about my circumstances? The blessing in all the calamity is that I will appreciate being able to walk again. I’m told this type of fracture can take months to heal. Once the vertigo subsides, I will be grateful to be steady again.
Sometimes finding balance in life takes creativity. Sometimes, we need to be out of balance to appreciate the balance. I don’t need to review 2024 to move forward into 2025. I remember the loss of loved ones and the birth of the new babies in my family.
I pray that you are able to embrace the imbalances that will come and appreciate the balances will also come.
So, as we stand on the precipice of 2025, may you always find your balance.
Is the sun rising? Or setting? It’s all in your perception.