The challenges of our lifetime just never end, huh? I guess I thought that at some point I would just be able to chill, for like, ever. But that probably wouldn’t be living. There are complexities and injustices and work to be done for the rest of our lives. So I am trying to accept the challenges if not with joy then with grace.
The chart above with the linear growth chart is how it often looks from the outside looking in on a person’s life. Especially if you follow someone’s life and work only through the lens of social media. It can be frustrating to watch others seemingly move with east through their work and life and relationships. I try to constantly remind myself that the world does not move in a linear manner. So I made the chart below as a reminder of the true cycle of growth and change. As long as my cycles are consistently expanding, then I am alright, even at the “lows.”
I find that when you take the chart off the wall and look at it from a different angle. It’s an ever-expanding cyclical motion that moves me through this life. Some days I ask myself, “am I really going through this same challenge again?” And yes, I am, but this time I will do it without the major internal drama and with a little more grace. That’s what I am looking for these days, moving a little more gracefully through all of the things that come my way.