I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
My family and I had a very symbolic, reflective, and fun Turkey Day! Many of us all traveled back to the home site of my maternal grandparents. This site is now bare, moist dirt. It was extremely strange not to see the worn down, yet memorable structure that I am accustomed to seeing in years past. As I stared into the now blank space….I pictured my grandmother calling for me, as my cousins and I ran back and forth in the house….smelling homemade biscuits and fat back cooking in the morning…..watching and listening to my mom and aunts gossip and play cards…one of the most amazing things I remembered from the visits was the thought that my grandparents seem to be one of the prime center pieces of the city. Through my eyes as a child and the location of their house…made me feel surrounded by all that could possibly be happening in this small city.
As I stood there staring at the blank, wet Earth….everything seems empty at first. As my aunts and cousins surround me…my perspective changes. The roof, walls, flooring, and even the foundation of the house was torn down and removed. Just as a glass crashes to the ground….the overall structure is broken….after cleanup the large pieces are collected…many of the small pieces are swept up during the cleaning process….but there are always fragments that remain. I am immediately reminded that all of us standing here are remnants of my grandparents that passed and the demolished structure.
Its funny how many of us find comfort in having a fragment of something instead of rebuilding and releasing fragments of the past in order to gain something whole and viable. Many of us would rather have a piece of a relationship, part time friends, a position that is no longer serving us or using our skill sets, a marriage with fleeting intimacy, sadly love ones whose lives are no longer viable, or structures that we can no longer occupy.
Look closely at the people, situations, job positions, careers, and material things that are being tore down or removed from your Life. Be careful how you walk through the area that is being tore down, broken, and cleaned. If you walk through unprepared you may pick up fragments, you may re-introduce yourself to the pain and complacency of what was broken…..Be prepared to step high, be focused, and by No Means Stop!! Re-Build and express Thanks.
Nothing in Life can be built or even renovated without something being torn down ~Inga Harmon-Cunningham
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~Inga Harmon
