You've all seen those amazing card towers right?
I've seen people manage to build these things three and four feet high and then leave them sitting for people to look at for several days before the cat come over and knocks it down. I can't do this to save my live. If I'm lucky, I get the first few cards to stand up long enough for anyone who actually blinked to see it before it all comes crashing down.
It's a little like playing Jenga.
At first, it's pretty easy to remove one of the bricks and move it up to the top. The structure is still steady and the loss of one of those little wood pieces doesn't throw off the balance. Then you remove a second, and a third, and a fourth and eventually the whole thing is starting to lean and everyone around the table is holding their breath. Finally, one person removes a final block and the whole thing starts falling down.
It's a little like all the things that keep getting put on us in real life. A few things go awry and we manage to stay on our feet and keep everything together. A few more things and it feels like our lives are tumbling down around us. I'll just say that the last few weeks have felt like that for me. This trip to India (which was my fourth) was particularly stressful and full of little things that eventually wore me down. On the short list: mud coming out of my shower, a broken toilet, a broken water heater, evil crickets, hissing cats, no water, no electricity, possessed mosquito nets, and (because it's me) the loss of my luggage.
The nice thing about all of this is that like the Jenga game, you can always pick up the pieces and start putting things back together. Which is what the last week has been for.
How about you? Is your life a little like a Jenga game?
It's a little like playing Jenga.
The nice thing about all of this is that like the Jenga game, you can always pick up the pieces and start putting things back together. Which is what the last week has been for.
How about you? Is your life a little like a Jenga game?
Wow, I am going to look and see if that game is for sale here in Holland, never seen it before! I hope everything is back in order in your life soon.
ReplyDeleteYes, Aurian, it's a fun game. Noisy, too, when the blocks go down.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Maggie, to fresh running hot water, flushing toilets, and lights that turn on with the flick of a switch. I can't do anything about the hissing cats, though. I've got a tortie that hates me. You can borrow her if you'd like.