Basic Math
As an elementary kid I was conned into believing in basic Math. The simplicity, the value of the numbers, the factual element. Oh, I love the factual element; 1+1=2. Every..single…time. Good to know. Good to know.
The problem transpired when I became an adult. Because so most things in life are metaphors of math.
Do the work = reap your reward.
Put in the try = meet that goal.
Because that’s what I learned when I was a kid. There was a safety in that number. A feeling of relief that I go to – and I knew it was going to be ok. That I was going to be ok.
Then life happens. I got married to the best man I know, had 3 beautiful children and somewhere along the way I became an adult. Thanks for the “heads up” people. In that somewhere along the way, the numbers became frustrating. Basic Math was no longer working for me. Things happened and the why me and I don’t understand started to kick my ass. I did the work. I did what I was supposed to do!
It wasn’t supposed to be this way… or was it? The illusion of this “basic math” concept is becoming clearer the older I get. The more life I live, the more circumstances I find myself in. Marriage, family, farming, you name it… We don’t control any of this and it’s ok. It’s not my job to control anything. My job is to show up as a factor and do the work (whatever it is) to the best of my ability and to move on with the classy character of fluidity and resilience. And more often than not the reward is much better than I ever anticipated.
You see the safety I was looking for is there. It’s just not in the number. It comes from the internal deep seated belief that it will be ok. Maybe it is “Basic” after all.
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Make it a great day!
KM♥
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