Try Something New!

The rut! How often do we get stuck in the rut?

What is ‘the rut’? My definition is: a familiar place we are comfortable in – where nothing really changes. We know what to expect – no surprises. (same ole, same ole)

So we get stuck in the false ‘safety’ of the rut. I’ve been in the rut many times over my life. It’s familiar, a good place to ‘hide out’…just coast. You can’t see me, and I can’t see anything either.

The good-bad thing about the rut is that nothing changes. Actually though, there are changes. When there is no forward movement things (you/me) begin to stagnate…that’s when algae begins to form. Barnacles start to attach themselves. We gotta shake ’em off!!!

That’s why we need to TRY SOMETHING NEW! We have to stir the waters! Get things freshened up again. Shake out the rugs. Pull the weeds. Mow the grass. Run the vacuum cleaner. Go for a drive to someplace we’ve never been before. Think of a new something you can make.

Get out your ladder and climb out of the rut. Then take your shovel and fill it in and plant a tree or something…anything…so you or somebody else won’t fall into it again, and believe me, there will be plenty of other ruts trying to trip you up in life.

BUT! If we stay ‘fit’ mentally, physically and emotionally, we soon won’t need the ladder to climb out of any ruts, we’ll be able to jump out and eventually, we’ll see them ahead of us and leap over them. Won’t that feel wonderful! High-jumping and long-jumping through life with new found freedom!

Are you ready to get out of the rut?

Ready – set – JUMP!