Now that I have started this blog I am struggling with the organization and flow. Do I begin at the beginning or do I focus on today? I finally decided that this needs to be a little of both...some old and some new. In our world, though each day comes with new challenges and new experiences, most days are a repeat of the day before... the same words are spoken, the same routines are followed and the same cast of characters appears.
In the movie Groundhog Day the character Phil Connors wakes up each day anticipating a new start but finds himself reliving the same day over and over again. Like Phil, we wake up each day and take the opportunity to get it right. We try hard to minimize the chaos. We measure our words and try to quiet the noise and find some peace.
Some days we get it right, but some days no matter how heroic our efforts...chaos reigns.
A small unexpected blip in the time continuum of the day...an unexpected knock at the door, a barking dog, a ringing telephone or an unmet demand and our much strived for calm turns instantly into pandemonium.
The uproar that follows sharply slices into the calm that had settled here and fills the walls of our home with the sounds of banging and yelling...and we are left to pick up the broken pieces of whatever was in Scotty's reach and try to piece back together this broken boy.
So the old mingles with the new. Although the intensity of these episodes has changed over the years from a 5 year old boy throwing a tantrum to a 25 year old man punching a hole in the wall...they are still the same.
They still come from the same place...it is a place of confusion and fear for Scotty in a world he doesn't completely understand and from a place of frustration at his inability to communicate.
Unlike his 5 year old self, Scotty can no longer be soothed with a cookie and a hug and so we wait..
...for another day and another opportunity to get it right.
Come to me, all who labor and
are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
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