When You're Dizzy.....

Juggling Breakables
July 8, 2006

Sometimes I forget that I control the speed here. I am on a merry-go-round right now...you know, the old fashioned kind that they used to have in playgrounds before OSHA started yanking them out....too bad OSHA can't come and yank things out of our lives, one by one, when they are a health hazard!

Anyway, I am on a merry-go-round...and I KNOW you know what I mean....just picture it...there's grass and trees and flower beds and swings here and there, all around it....some of your friends are on the swings, and other people you love are leaning against the trees, or weeding the flowers....and you try to yell things to them when you are going by....but you are going by so fast that you can't get all the words out......so, you try the next time, but then the special person sitting on the grass is in front of your eyes now, so you try to shout something out to them....but you're already halfway around before the first few words come out........

Then you get sick and nauseous and dizzy........and you're going so fast that everything is just a big blur.....and, even when you stop, everything is still turning and turning and turning....and you can't stand up and walk straight.....

SO, why do we do this to ourselves?
Why do we forget that WE control the speed on our merry-go-round?
Why do we forget that the merry-go-round is supposed to be fun and not terrifying?

Well, I do pretty good for long periods of time...sometimes, I just sit on the merry-go-round with someone special and we just enjoy each other, and it just sits still....and then, I gotta move to the next thing....so, I start going around, slow....to the swings....and I stop for a minute....and then I go a little faster...and faster....and faster and faster and fassssssstttterrrrrrrrr........

....and what's so danged dumb about this is I don't even notice that my hair is flying through the air and there's bugs splatting on my teeth and no one can really make out the words I'm saying because I'm going so fast.....

So....here I go again....time to slow down. Catch my bearings....let my friends and family laugh for a bit as I stumble over to them, trying to walk in a straight line....

STOP what you're doing right now and look at WHO is on the swings or sitting in the grass or weeding the flowers.....just take a minute, after you get your bearings....walk over and have a chat....call your mom or ask your son what he's thinking right now or take a walk around the block and catch up with your neighbors.....you'll be so glad you did.
Come back and report what you did...I'm going to go upstairs right now and cuddle with my husband.

Let's catch ourselves before we get too dizzy....this is supposed to be a fun ride, remember!!!
Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

Lots of Love,
Melody