reverb13: day 1
in which stubbornness
becomes a positive trait

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Because that’s what we do, isn’t it, when we come to the end of our rope (or leaf)?

We hang on until we have the strength to climb back up again.

I took this picture back in May, and while, in general (as a gardener) I consider snails to be the enemy, I had to admire this one, sound asleep on the tip of this leaf, seemingly unconcerned about his position in life.

He got to the end and took a nap. And though I wasn’t there to witness it, I’m certain that when he woke, he started the climb back up, perhaps had a little snack, and carried on. {That is, unless he was eaten by a bird first.}

For me, all the best lessons come from nature. I think we forget, in this techno-virtual world we live in, that we are part of this chain, that in truth, the same rules apply to us. Oh, we want it to be different, we want to be above all that, ignore those rules, think we have conquered the laws of nature.

And perhaps we have, a little. But when it comes right down to it, when we take ourselves out of the modern conveniences that we’ve surrounded ourselves with, we are just as vulnerable as a snail on a leaf. And just as tenacious.

Maybe, on the days when life seems so overwhelming, all we really need is a nice long nap. A bask in the sun. A moment to collect ourselves before we carry on.

It’s all an uphill climb, isn’t it? But I like to think that the view from the top will be glorious.

And if it isn’t, well, then I guess I will stop and take a nap and dream it that way.

And start again, and again and again and again.

Who knows, perhaps I’ll never really get there. Perhaps that’s the point.

It’s the naps that count. The hanging on. The pauses.

The listening.

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How do I feel on this first day of December? (see question below)

Calm, broken, love, light. In that order.

And three out of four ain’t bad.

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This post is part of Reverb 13:

Day 1: How do you feel, on this first day, in your mind? In your body? In your heart? In your soul?

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