This month's theme: Cycles
It's fall. Kids (and adults) go back to
school, the trees
begin their colorful cycle of rebirth, and we begin to
see holiday decor in the stores. Fall is another
in the cycle of seasons, but many types of cycles
affect our lives.
CYCLES
By Sheri McGregor
For the third
time in a week, my new postal carrier had to stop her
van and get out with packages that wouldn't fit in my
mailbox down by the road. "You must be getting really
sick of this," I said, thinking this woman who'd only
recently begun delivering in my area must believe me
the shopping queen of her route.
"Oh,
these things go in cycles," she said with an amicable
smile. "People order, order, order, and then get
nothing but bills for awhile."
I grinned,
thinking her joke about the bills was true. And as I
walked up the drive, I thought about what a great
attitude she had. Don't a lot of things in life go in
cycles? The weather, the moon, the tides, the seasons
. . . the life circle of plants and animals. Even
forested areas will burn away every 100 or so years,
making way a new and thriving population of the
fittest trees and animals.
Being self-employed
for many years, I know all too well the concept of
"feast or famine." One week the project horizon looks
bleak. The next, prospects are rising like too much
sunshine on a day set aside for sleeping in.
In my chaotic life,
even uncanny cycles that have no logical sense seem to
apply. It never fails, for instance, that when one
major appliance breaks, another follows. When one
child has extra activities needing much parental
involvement, the others do, too. Gosh, even when I
break a dish, it's common for several others to get
broke within a few days!
As I walked up the
driveway carrying my packages the other day, I finally
realized the truth of an old cliché my mother used to
say: "Time takes care of everything."
We all have times
when we feel a black cloud is following us around,
raining bad news and problems just on us. Maybe
knowing that "this, too, will pass" doesn't make
handling the problems any easier, but the knowledge
can be a comfort.
Sheri McGregor
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