There have been a couple instances in my life where I've sat back and decided it was time to grow up. I'd resolve to do this, or not do that and determine from that day/hour/minute/second I would change specific things about myself.
Turning a leaf.
I never really liked that metaphor. I've always envisioned the leaf blowing back over so I usually thought about turning something heavier, more solid. I thought if I was flipping a brick instead of a leaf maybe the change would stick. A couple times I envisioned myself flipping a giant pancake on a sizzling griddle, sliding a big spatula under it and flipping the doughy side downwards.
Regardless of what metaphor I used, a lot of those momentous 'time to grow up and change' moments didn't really stick.
Lately I've been rethinking the leaf metaphor. Maybe turning a brick just isn't the way it is; maybe using a giant spatula to flip that giant pancake was just to involved. It could just be because I've taken probably to much time to discover that resolving is one thing and carrying through a completely different issue.
Perhaps its time to ditch the brick and return to the idea of a leaf. Maybe I shouldn't get so stressed and worried if the wind blows it back over every now and then. Maybe life is more about contantly turning those leaves and less about one giant, momentous turn of a brick . . . or flip of a pancake.
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