On the Fence

"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

The favored football team starts out the game well, is comfortably ahead, then the quarterback fumbles the snap, the underdog team gains possession of the ball, and suddenly momentum has shifted in their favor, they make some amazing plays and the Underdogs win the game. Life is like that. Things are moving in a certain direction, something pivotal happens, and the momentum completely changes. That underdog is suddenly top dog.

Sitting on the fence is quite uncomfortable. Making a decision, choosing either side of the fence, is preferable to being perched up there. At the moment we act decisively, we seize the power to change the momentum in our lives. Have you ever experienced this? You feel a victim of circumstance, one bad thing after another seems to happen to you, then you decide to act, there is a shift in momentum and things seem to come together for you. Everything just falls into place and you're on a roll.

Life can be a series of ups and downs, failures and successes. Sometimes all we can do is endure. We don't always have control. But often we do possess the power to shift the momentum, when we commit and invite the entire universe to assist us.

Susan