Sometimes its messy
Published on October 08, 2011
"Sometimes it's messy". It would be great if the route to what we wanted, where we wanted to go and who we wanted to become was a clean process unfettered by challenge and struggle. Until we get our own planet I expect this will not be the case. I don't want to make the point that all we do is fraught with difficulty. Often times the days are bright and the road is smooth. There are days however when we must be prepared to get our hands dirty. If we know this and accept that this will come from the array of days we are given we will be much better prepared to push on to get to the other side. We have a great tree in our backyard that we just love. It's a beach tree and the slightest breeze makes it sound like rain falling or water lapping up on the shore of a lake. Once a year it goes through a process of covering the yard and neighborhood in balls of fluff that makes it look like its snowing. Once the fluff is done falling, thousands of long seed pods scatter all over the backyard and pool. My son says they look like worms. Finally, they had all fallen and I spent the day raking them up into piles and bagging them for pick up. With the rain they weighed a tonne. They were everywhere. Clogging the filter in the pool. Stuck to the patio furniture. Covering decks and chairs and everything. After a few hours the cleanup was over that I was sitting in a chair and a breeze picked up. Looking up into the rustle of the leaves and listening to its song made the clean up fade and the appreciation for this magnificent tree return. Life is like that I guess. In the moment when we are plodding forward and overcoming whatever adversity we have encountered its easy to lose sight of the prize. In a word, don't. Most all challenges come and go and if we don't stop we will get to see whats on the other side. This journey will be a bit easier if we just accept that sometimes it gets messy. Have an excellent day.
