Getting Nowhere Fast is Getting Us Somewhere Worth Being
I tried to take a bath and and the knob came off in my hand. Bob tried to turn the oven on and it didn’t work. I tried to vacuum and the wheels fell off the vacuum. All within a few hours of each other. All very trying.
This has been the norm, not the exception lately. By lately, I mean since we married April 1, 2012. Recent challenges aren’t as severe as the fires and floods we weathered, but they do keep us from moving forward.
Our “digital dude” reset our computer network and went on vacation. Problems emerged like a whack-a-mole. We kept thinking we had solved the issue at least long enough to be able to operate until our tech guy returned, and we kept being proven wrong. I don’t exaggerate when I tell you that running a business with computer issues like this is traumatic for Bob.
My health has been improving, and I felt wildly energetic at dance. I leaped into the air and landed on my hip and hand. I could barely use my left hand. Happily, that injury only took a handful of days to heal.
But hope springs eternal. Plus the lessons that are the gifts of the adversities are powerful and deep. We’re working as a team better than ever. My health woes have caused me to embrace a huge discovery process in the kitchen and I am nourishing myself better than ever. I am getting my spirit back and have even gained a couple of pounds from my tiniest me. We found a new tech guy who knocked our socks off.
On one level, we’re getting nowhere fast. On another level, we’re getting somewhere worth being.
I will ease back into dance abandon, enjoying the subtleties as I rebuild. We will keep fixing what breaks, looking for new and better solutions to our challenges. We’re rebuilding foundations from the ground up.
Bob just told me it’s kind of like changing the course of a huge cruise ship. It can change, but it’s a slow process. Nice simile.
We really are transforming our lives. And that takes time. And patience.
Bob is toasting his nuts in a skillet right now. You know, since the oven isn’t working…yet.