There is a saying “into every life a little rain must fall” and while there is an element of comfort in that saying (it does say little), it also means life can and will rain on us.
Why mention that today? Our
former Genre-ista, Dora Bramden, was slated to guest today and then Life threw her a Curve Ball, more than mist or
drizzle or even a steady rain (keeping up the rain analogy).
This past year life, Life,
LIFE has been doing that – blowing storms in our path or using another analogy,
throwing us curve balls.
Here at Romancing The Genres
the Blog Queens have had those curve balls thrown their way at
the same time. In ten years that hasn’t happened – not that curve balls
weren’t thrown, they were – but at the same time? Not until 2020-2021.
Change happens to everyone.
Some change is anticipated like
learning to walk, becoming a parent, retiring. We have time to plan, to figure
out our next steps.
Some change hits us, catches us unaware. To
survive we must adapt, shift, change. We are all capable of adapting, shifting,
changing even when we don’t want to. It isn’t always easy nor is it something
we enjoy doing, the choice comes down to whether we want to move forward or
not. And not everyone does or maybe not everyone has the same vision of what moving forward means.
The Blog Queens are grateful
for each and every Genre-istas who has been on this journey with us. We are
grateful for each and every reader who has stopped by. We are grateful you’ve
stopped by this weekend.
Which analogy do you prefer rain or
curve ball?
Obviously I couldn’t decide.
8 comments:
Good question, Judith. I prefer the rain analogy. The reason is that rain can be a challenge, or just a pain in the butt, but it is also nurturing. We need rain for gardens to grow, for hardened dirt to be made pliable.
In the theme of change, sometimes we need to be softened up a bit...challenged...our hardened positions questioned. Rain can do that if we let it and take a look at how those changes make the landscape different. Perhaps it is our physical landscape, like a move or a natural disaster. Perhaps it is our emotional landscape like isolation during COVID or something that happens in our personal life that we can't ignore.
Thanks, Judith--you and Sarah have done a great job as our Blog Queens, no matter how much rain falls. I'm okay with he curve ball analogy, too. ;-)
I'm so appreciative for all the hard work and brainstorming you and Sarah have done to keep the blog up and running.
As to your question:
I like the rain analogy. Because after rain comes sunshine, and hope. Rain promotes change in that flowers grow and air quality improves, life gets better. IMO.
How do we recover from a curve ball?
I like your blog post.
Maggie, I hadn't thought of all the ways the rain analogy could work. The garden does grow better with water and I love it when Mother Nature helps out with that! And rain does soften the air we breathe as well as the ground we walk on. I'll remember to morph life's curve balls into rain and take that gentler approach to what's happening.
Lynn, The Blog Queens couldn't have kept things going without you and the other Genre-istas stepping up. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.
Diana, you ask how does one recover from a curve ball?
My process is to stop, take a good look at the curve ball life tossed in my direction and decide first if it is even meant for me. In this case, the curve ball was sent to Dora so only secondarily directed at the BQ's. Then what are the options? Leave the weekend open or one of us write a post were the two that popped up in our mind. At the same time, ideas for this post popped up in my mind so we went with it.
Does that always happen? No, in which case the process is still to look at what options are available and make a choice even if that choice is to do nothing. Sometimes that is the wisest response although not always the easiest.
Judith:
Hope productive publishing changes are in store as I celebrate my birthday today. Joan Ramirez
Happy birthday, Joan! Yes, productive publishing is always welcomed.
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