~~~ Poignant values like fist-full of sand ~~~

Have you ever tried to grab a fist full of sand and hold it? The harder you try to grasp it the more sand you lose through your fingertips. Holding onto sand seems impossible, it just keeps slipping away. However, if you cup your hands together you can gently cradle the sand losing almost nothing. Consider cupping gently the joys and challenges in life rather than trying desperately to hold onto them.

Life’s journey will follow a twisting turning path if we allow it to be. Each twist and turn inspires anticipation and wonder about what is around the next corner. Many of us try to control and predict what is about to come hoping and wishing for something great and magnificent. Sometimes we are greeted with such wonderful moments, happy endings, and dreams come true. Other times we are left feeling disappointed, emotionally charged, and bewildered. Whatever greets you around the next turn of your life’s journey embrace it gently. Cup it in your hands; do not hold on so tight that it causes you to lose the experience, memory, or lesson life has to offer despite your greatest efforts.

I have often found myself desperately trying to hold onto moments in life, grasping them tightly only to find that they just keep slipping through my fingertips. I am referring to meaningful events in life, relationships, behaviors, and values and beliefs. Rather than fighting to keep what we believe we do not want to lose by grasping it tightly, we should instead gently cup the event in our hands, holding on only as long as we need to and then let go.

Life offers greatness, challenges, heartache, and happiness, each giving us something to define further our unique character as individuals. Know that each offering will come and go allowing space for the next opportunity, memory, or chance at greatness. Do not grasp life’s offerings tightly hoping that nothing will change, that the moment will last forever. Instead, cup it gently experiencing it for what it is in the moment and then let it be what it will be in the grand scheme of life.

Change, transitions, and transformations are inevitable. Everything in life will change with time. Allow life’s offerings to come and go freely experience them for the moment, learn from the lessons they teach and let them go. Life’s journey is a twisting turning path that can be an adventure if we allow ourselves the flexibility and freedom to experience what it has to offer, both good and bad.