Thursday, March 10, 2011

turning

Turning: a place of a change of direction.

A lot of things have been turning in my life. Perhaps churning and turning would be a more complete description.  The fact that Ash Wednesday happened during the middle of all of this and that the homily was about 'turning' and the words spoken as we all received our ashes included the word 'turn,' forms some sort of cosmic-weird-freaky trinity in my life.

I'm turning alright, like a pig on a spit it seems.

The good thing about turning is that the opportunity is there for the turning to stop in a new and good place. The journey to that destination, the place that lies at the end of the directional change, isn't usually smooth or easy. But, if you take each day as it comes and put one foot in front of the other, and move with a purpose, you will, at some point, reach that destination. Then all the turning and churning will be behind you and a moment can be taken for a deep breath and the realization of the 'here' and the 'now.'

And then, most likely, the turning will begin again. 

2 comments:

haydenblair said...

turning is good. Sometimes turning around and looking at the same situation from a different perspective or outlook helps. I wish you well with your spit turning!

EYR said...

Thanks, Hayden :)