Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Broken lollipop moments

This is journal entry I made a few months back. I decided to post it here because it explains a post that I'm giving birth to right now.
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When my sister was three, my folks decided to have her ears pierced. So off to the mall they went, got her a lollipop & plopped her in the chair, where she remained oblivious to all the goings on, totally engrossed in the bright red disk.

The girl who worked the jewelry booth came over, made the preparations, positioned the gun & squeezed. And honestly, the moment was like it occurred in a vacuum, time slowed and the air was thick. The gun popped and my sister's eyes squeezed shut and her jaws clamped down, she raised her head, opened her eyes and an understanding of the world far beyond her 3 years shone in her eyes. She opened her mouth and half the lollipop fell to the floor.

So I've come to think of that energy in other areas of my life. Broken lollipop moments are when all the knowledge of the universe crystallizes to a point of uncommon understanding. In that moment when time stops and the air creates that vacuum that gem of knowing is drawn deep into your soul.

Broken lollipop moments are always astonishing, they are sometimes unpleasant, but they are also sometimes exquisitely beautiful. They are almost always life-changing, if we allow their creation and believe in their magic.

6 comments:

  1. A broken lollipop moment sounds so much better then a meltdown. Great way to describe it :)

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  2. Lol - yeah, it does, doesn't it? Never thought of it like that:)

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  3. HUmm....you've got me thing here. BTW, that's a dangerous thing. :)

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    1. Lol - it's always a dangerous thing when I think, Susie.

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  4. I love this story...and yes, we all have them don't we? And sometimes they are so good and sometimes they are simply rotten! :)

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    1. Thanks, Stormy. Yes we do! And yes - sometimes amazingly good, sometimes really rotten - but they always bring growth.

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