It did not take very long for the euphoric a state of being I found briefly yesterday to completely dissipate.
Like some sort of Chinese water torture, shortly after my post yesterday, the challenges and issues that seem to accumulate on a daily basis kept dropping in on me.
No tidal waves or monsoons.
Just the constant drip, drip drip, one after another, of more and more annoyances.
They just keep coming.
I constantly reminded myself "David ,these are all manageable. The world is not coming to an end".
Still, the incessant drip, drip, drip keeps building.
I tried to imagine life as a Christmas tree.
The naked tree has a beauty all on it's own.
The fresh smell of pine is always so wonderful.
Then , people add ornaments, carefully placing each one of these delicate jewels in just the right spot.
Bit by bit, this collection of treasures fill up the branches and what started out as beauty is elevated to an even higher place.
This is what life should be.
Added beauty to the original gift of life.
Now, imagine instead of adding ornaments, we added weights to the tree.
Placing more and more upon each bow and limb until the tree collapses under the strain.
That is what we do to ourselves when we allow the nonsense that appears daily weigh us down.
We bend until we break.
It's only natural.
One can be just so strong until our strength eventually gives out.
Well we would never burden a Christmas tree with a bunch of ugly weights.
Why do we do it to ourselves?
Kind of silly if you ask me.
This Christmas Tree of Life image has helped a lot today.
I needed something to remind me that life is just that easy.
