For When Nothing Is Going Right And You Just Want To Scream

It seems like nothing is going right for me today. I boiled over my daughter's hot chocolate because I was trying to write. When I finally got settled and moving, she spilled it all over herself. The whole scalding cup of it.

There's something missing from an article I'm trying to write, but I can't figure out what it is. My brain isn't focusing well enough to even begin to try and figure it out.

So I pivoted and tried to start a piece of microfiction, but the moment I put pen to paper, my head shuts off again and nothing wants to come out.

Even my coffee didn't taste right.

Maybe this is the universes way of teaching me to relax in the moment. One cannot force creative progress. One can not force the day to unfold the way we want it to. If there were no challenge, there would be no growth. If my day weren't challenging, I wouldn't have created this post.

This post that says move with your heart. Even raging rivers take time to slow down into a gently moving stream. Carving out canyons through persistence and patience.

Everything is a cycle. Honoring that cycle by knowing when to sit back and allow is one of the greatest lessons we can learn.