The Teeters and the Totters - June 8, 2011

When we're young, we started out in the middle, most likely with mom and dad standing there holding us. We just had to learn to sit on the teeter totter without falling off as the world moved around us.  We didn't really experience highs and lows of our own.
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But as we grew, we got further and further down the teeter totter.  We were able to take ...lower lows and thus experience higher highs.  If you're experiencing an unusually low low, don't get discouraged.  Perhaps you just moved back on the teeter totter, and now you can prepare for higher highs as well. 

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The lesson of the teeter totter is that you don't get to excited when you're  sitting high, because you're getting ready to go low.  And neither do you get discouraged when you are low, because you are about to go high.  The teeter totter is a continuation of high and low phases, one after the other.
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It's not about what phase you're in, it's about the process of going through them all.  If you kick and scream in your low phases or try to prevent going low in your high phases or if you jerk and squirm or jump off the teeter totter, you are not successfully learning the joy of the teeter totter.  Take all your phases with grace, and a knowing that "this too shall pass".  Enjoy the process.
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When someone else is low, don't get puffed up and look down the nose at them.  You'll be looking UP at them shortly, when it's your turn to go down.  And when someone else is looking down at you, don't worry, they will have their day and soon will be looking up at you.
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Whether you're on the mountain, or in the valley, it's temporary.  :)

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Love to you all.
Deb Hoffman Benfield