14 January 2021 — SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS

‘You win some .. you lose some’! The problem often is that we wish to win them ALL . A saying I was brought up with was ‘It’s no good crying over spilt milk’. Good advice but too often we dwell in the ‘if only this or that had happened’ state of mind thus taking us away from the present moment.

Another saying which springs to mind is ‘tomorrow is another day’ and what we don’t achieve today may happen tomorrow. As always ACCEPTANCE ACCENPANCE AND ONLY ACCEPTANCE is the order of the day.

This of course, means ACCEPTING OTHERS AND OURSELVES AS THEY AND WE ARE and if we or someone fails to live up to our expectations in the moment let us just remind ourselves of all the times we and they came up trumps. (A word I’m a bit hesitant to use at the moment.!)

Another way I interpret the saying ‘swings and roundabouts’ is that sometimes it is right to move forward and at other times going around in circles gives us time for reflection and weighing up the situation.

YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME is a saying which I would say generally sums up life for all of us.