As the Pendulum Swings

The Sacred Spring Tirta Empul Bali

Life can be a bit like a pendulum at times, swinging this way and that as it searches for balance amongst a world of ups and downs and forks in the road.

I suppose it might seem rather idyllic to contemplate a life that could always be on an even keel, no steep and slippery slopes to contend with and yet I can't help thinking that it could also be rather mundane and boring.

I mean if you don't have the lows you wouldn't appreciate the heady highs that release bursts of euphoria and I like those moments.

Gee I certainly don't like those events that send you crashing down into the depths of despair and fortunately I haven't had many of them over recent times and nor do I want them. I mean if they happen along then I'll deal with them, at least I think I will as I seem to have accumulated  a lifetime of experiences, now carefully filed away for safe keeping and duly note on my emotional CV.

Life seems to roll along nicely for me these days, I have much to be thankful for. A little work here, a little travel there, lots of great friendships that are routinely nurtured and a few new ones thrown into the mix. It's a good life indeed. Never a dull moment one might say if you look from the outside in.

 And when I look back over my year or any of my years I realize I sure do pack a lot into them....I don't let the grass grow too long under my feet. So the chances of sliding into the mundane seem to be fairly remote. I mean wouldn't you have to be doing the same thing day in and day out for that to happen?  So has that been a conscious choice I wonder?

Well it's been a choice but I don't recall laboring over it in any way, it's like every now and again I realise I've become way too busy and  I say to myself, 'hey how about you just settle down and chill for a while' and then before I know it, some little gremlin has come along and whisked my mind into another dimension. Just like that I'm off on another little tangent planning another adventure of some kind :)

So the pendulum might swing but I like mine to have a gently lulling swing to it, not the variety that sends me plunging down and spiraling back up again....sheesh I sure hope I've done my time in that frenzied pace of life.

A life is to be enjoyed and I frequently ask myself  'if this was my last day or week or month on this earth, am I doing what I would really like'....good or bad, it's those thoughts that usually put a bomb under me and so another round of planning and plotting begins once more.....and I just love it!

Carp at the Holy Spring Tirta Empul Bali