Find Your Middle Ground
Life is a series of highs and lows. Be grateful in the highs. Be graceful in the lows. Find contentment in your Middle Ground
* Stuck in the Shallows
Some of us are stuck in the shallows
Where life has a cautious desperate rhythm, punctuated by bursts of pleasure and hurt.
There’s a loss of connection with the depth of our being.
Life has become the soap opera or media that we tune into.
The deep is too dangerous to acknowledge, let alone embrace.
We cling to the safety of the shallows.
We want to feel connection, yet can’t let go of controlling and comparing, resisting and resenting.
Life is filled with distractions, must-see t.v. and others agreeing this is the way it “should” be.
It is the shallow sea of a fearful and protective ego.
When you feel caught up like this, take time to pause.
Breathe fully and notice what is alive in you.
Listen for the vibration from the deep.
The untouched part of you that never changes.
Finding your middle ground is the gateway to a new depth of being and living fully.
The current may be strong and the transition may not be easy.
It takes courage to be the swimmer you are, to dive in and wake up.
Oh how I needed this today, Pam. I’ve had way too many distractions. Thank you.
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I ❤ this post! Such beauty and truth in this post.
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Thank you Suzi for your kind words!
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Wonderful words, Val. It’s challenging to be around people we love when they seek constant admiration for each new pair of shoes . . . or desire that we mirror their shifting emotions (from glad to mad to sad) . . . or ask that we validate their daily choices of books, sports, movies, or “must see TV.”
Here’s to diving DEEP . . . far below the distracting currents!
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Yes indeed Nancy. I am surprised at how undercurrent there is in the shallows 😉
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Very nice, so true
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Thanks Gary!
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“life has a cautious desperate rhythm, punctuated by bursts of pleasure and hurt”.
I know that only too well. Thanks for helping me through that place.
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You did the work to really look within And dive in to the deep. I admire your courage Elizabeth! zo
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It does take courage to dive in, but its the only way to live Val. Thankyou for a beautiful post.
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Thank you Karen for swimming along with me here 😉
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“Where life has a cautious desperate rhythm, punctuated by bursts of pleasure and hurt.” Not further comment required. Thanks Val.
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Thank you David for being here 💛
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Shallows are safe and easy, and so is standing on dry land observing life floating by. Took me far too long to start diving. Thank you for this great reminder, Val.
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I love this metaphor Tiny. Nature supports us in our making sense of things 🙂
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Val, what a powerful metaphor you paint through your words. A metaphor that may be extended.
For it is only in the shallows that we sense, sense incorrectly, that we can resist the currents. In the deep waters we have no choice other than to allow the forces of life, the currents of fate, to carry us where they will.
(Sorry if I got a little carried away; pardon the pun!)
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I like it Paul 🙂 I also think that if we try to go with the flow in shallow waters we will end up with grazed knees and elbows.
Thanks for your early morning stimulation!
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Oh… this is so good…
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Thank you my flying diving friend!
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Breathing deep today Val as I dive ever deeper 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend.. Hugs Sue ❤
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Breathe easy my friend and have a lovely weekend!
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This post speaks to me. I came over this morning from Nancy’s post with the link.
“Some of us are stuck in the shallows
Where life has a cautious desperate rhythm, punctuated by bursts of pleasure and hurt.” I get stuck… 🙂
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Sometimes its the environment that keep us stuck … and other times we get stuck into our own habitual ways. Noticing will help us move through this and find out flow. Thanks Pix!
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Both for me, I think… 🙂
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