Life is never straight
Forward
written by
Jeannette Zink
When a thing
is over, you simply pick up and move on. It’s that simple. Unless it’s not.
Unless the bits and pieces of the unfinished parts resist their assigned space
in our life. The leftovers … what to do with those pesky fragmented leftovers …
the mosaic pieces nicely broken in shapes that fit snuggly into a place hidden
until coming out for their midnight visits. The unwelcome guest knocking on our
door in the hours intended for respite of the weary soul.
The picture
perfect life encased within a beautiful frame. But, what about the fringe that
wait off-stage in the shadows … casually sliding into our photo shoot? What to
do with the fringe … the question sits uncomfortably in the backseat of our
emotional roller coaster ride.
The bits and
pieces of our life dangle from delicate threads, as if wind chimes swaying in
the breeze to a tune of allusive regrets and starlight dreams. Their music
float among the memories of yesterdays and the hopes of tomorrows. It should be
a time for rejoice, but the gods of incompleteness persist in the compartment
of unsettled business. The need to make
things right, before moving on with our life … before simply picking up and
moving on.
Life is
never straight forward and our desire to make things right is never easy. Here is the thing, my dear friends, when a
thing is over, it just may actually be over … we may not want
to see it, to accept it, but it may actually be where it needs to be … for now,
at least. So, don’t hold on to the past
and all the bits and pieces that don’t quite fit with the visceral picture of a
perfect life. There are many different
perspectives of a photo with the natural shadows and tones cast in the
background. We can use the techniques of
altering the imperfect and to align with our
concepts of perfection, but it then becomes our
manipulated image of perfection.
We want
people to like us, to love us, to be in agreement with us, to make our life
complete and perfect. That is what we
want, but what about the other people?
Does what we want fit with what the other people may want in their life … do all the want’s fit inside a beautiful mosaic
picture perfect life? More than likely
the answer is NO … sometimes, never, or
maybe just not now. This is an okay
place to be, actually. Hug, shake hands,
wish each other well … pick up and move on, for now. This is a wonderful gift
we can give each other.
Life is an
evolving universe allowing for growth and space to meet new vistas. Our wants are necessary to us, our needs
imperative to us and our right to be the person we were intended to be is God’s
gift to us. Let’s be brave enough to
share these gifts with others in our life … and, then pick up and move on. The universe will know when it is time to
revisit the place we may find ourselves to be … each day a renewal for love and
grace to find that picture perfect place.
Peace, my
kindred spirits … the picture is perfect, for now.
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