Keep That Poop Rolling Until You’re Where you Want to be
I spent at least 10 minutes the other day watching a poop bug roll a wad of poo in the yard. They are actually called dung beetles, but we call them poop bugs at Our Little House. But I digress. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I got to this point in my life and where I’m going.
As I watched the poop bug move this huge ball of poo – so many sizes bigger than itself – I was amazed at how determined and resilient this bug was to get this ball to wherever it was going.
The bug seemed to have a pretty easy time at first, moving its haul down a slight incline and then it hit an obstacle, a large clump of grass. He could move no further.
The beetle walked away from the ball and I thought it might even abandon it, but it did not. It scampered to the front of the prize poo. It seemed to be surveying the situation, climbing up on the clump of grass, looking over and seeing how it could handle the obstacle before it.
The beetle took a new position, using its entire body to push the dung over the clump of grass. Almost miraculous, I thought, given the size of the bug, the weight of the poop and the mountain that now lay behind it.
The bug kept going, now on a steep downhill incline of our mountainous terrain. I thought surely the ball would get away from him, but when it threatened to roll down the hill, the bug clung on and rolled with it, literally rolling over and over until it could stop the momentum.
How it kept from getting crushed was beyond me.
I thought about some of our own challenges in life, how I got out of a career I hated that now allows me to work from home (more on that next week), how we got to Our Little House and the hurdles we had to overcome to make this dream a reality.
I thought of the challenges I thought I’d never overcome, the loss of my parents, brother and other beloved people in my life. I thought of my recent health challenges and the losses we’ve sustained with our beloved furry kids.
Dale and I have always found a way to overcome the mounds in our life to get us where we want to be. We’ve always surveyed the situation and found a way forward and hung on for dear life when it felt out of control. We’ve never let any of it crush us.
We’ve always overcome the shit, just like the poop bugs.
My dear BFFs from schoolrecently gave me this little placard. No matter what your dreams, no matter your challenges, Living Largers, Never. Give. Up. Ever.
You can beat that shit and be where you need to be.
What challenges have you overcome or want to overcome to get to where you need to be and what advice would you give to others?
