Have you ever found yourself laying on your back and you open your eyes and see the blue sky with cotton white clouds floating overhead? You hear the birds singing sweetly around you and feel the cool breeze brush over your face as you take a deep breath. What a beautiful day!
This all occurs in a blink of an eye, and then you begin to wonder.....how did I get here?
You turn your head and see the cart that you were recently on pulling away and your companions are waving and telling you to catch up. Now you have a choice. Do I get up and run back after that cart, or do I lay back down and enjoy the day? As the cart crests the hill and moves out of distance, leaving only a cloud of dust behind, the decision to lay back down seems to be the best (and easiest) choice.
You are not thinking in the future, you are only thinking of what to do right now. It has not sunk in that soon you will be alone. That you are lying in the middle of the road and if you do not get up and move, you will be run over by the next cart that comes along. You are out in the open, so you must move to get out of the rain, heat, or the storm that is approaching. If you remain still, you will get hurt! You do not realize yet that the best choice is to brush off your clothes and head off to catch the cart.
This choice is not an easy path. You can run and never seem to catch up. You can loose sight of the cart and not know which path to take. You may want to give up. So you need to stop and take a breath, because if you keep putting one foot in front of the other, you will catch up to the cart and find that your companions have always been there cheering you on and you are not alone.
I have found myself laying on my back more times lately than I would like to admit. Most of the time with the wind knocked out of me. But KungFu has taught me that even though the road ahead looks rocky, I cannot stay laying down. So here I go, brushing myself off and heading down the road to catch up with you all again and my first step is with this post.
