24d (edited) • The Open Gym
Let the Plastic Balls Fall
I read a book they gave me an illustration to think about. The idea is that Iife is a lot like juggling balls.
Some of the balls are plastic, and some are glass.
The goal isn’t to keep every single ball in the air all the time. That’s exhausting—and sometimes impossible.
The real challenge is learning which balls are glass.
Plastic balls can fall. We can leave them on the ground for a while, pick them back up when we have the capacity, and toss them back into the rhythm. Dropping one may be inconvenient, but it doesn’t mean something important has been broken.
Glass balls are different. Those are the things that need protecting—the things that can have real consequences when we continually neglect them.
And everyone’s glass balls may look different.
Maybe the goal isn’t to become better at juggling everything.
Maybe it’s to become better at recognizing what truly matters, keeping our glass balls in the air, and giving ourselves permission to let some of the plastic ones fall.
What are the glass balls you’re protecting in your life right now?
I’ll list mine in the comments.
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Let the Plastic Balls Fall
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