I’ve been away… but I am here now…
Have you ever pulled out
the X-mas lights from a long year in storage…
flown a kite…
found the outdoor extension chord…
reached into your backpack for your earbuds…
And found a MESS of an tangled chord?
I suspect you have… I know I have.
I’ve always been able to untangle chords. It’s ultimately easy.
You simply need to find one end, and slowly, methodically unresolve each tangle.
And, with each tangle that you undo, the chord loosens, you feel more confident, where toward the end you are flying through the untanglement and feel that wonderful sense of freedom and accomplishment.
BUT…
There are times when you are angry that the chord is tangled…
And you think…
“maybe if I just pull it hard enough” I will extend it far enough that it will work… and rarely when it does, it only does for a short while.
Pulling a tangled chord actually tightens the knot… and makes it harder and harder to untangle.
Life is all about untangling chords…
Or, about pulling as hard as you can every day and feeling the tightness of knot, the stress in the chord.
I have been pulling on a tangled chord in recent months…
maybe for the past year.
And, lately, very recently, I am feeling the knot loosen… maybe even starting to build my confidence ever slowly.
Untangling chords is very much about harmony…
“What is the tangle I am currently working… where do I want to put the end in order to reach the next step?”
It’s actually an extremely easy exercise
as long as
you
ACCEPT
that the only way to untangle the chord is one tangle at a time.
Those that look at untangling a chord,
or a life
quickly
with a single thrust or push or activity…
end up frustrated, overwhelmed, disheartened…
I know…
I’ve been pulling hard on the knot -
or simply WISHING that I could untangle it all at once.
It’s a metaphor that clarifies it so simply for me
so accurately
so beautifully
how’s your life?
Is it tangled at all?
Are you pulling as hard as you can,
or thoughtfully untangling?
I’ve missed you…
sincerely!
And, I’ve missed me.
Here we go,
one tangle at a time…
in harmony,
Nestor