Life is Like…

I’m not sure how it came up. One minute The Best Husband Ever and I were sitting and visiting with good friends about this-that-or-the-other-thing, and the next our friend pipes up, “My life is like the Blockbuster clearance shelf.” We laughed and talked about it for a while, and I thought to myself, “Self, this thought has value for everyone. You should blog about it.” And so this week’s inspiration found me in the form of a friendly conversation.

“Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.” Albert Einstein

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Forrest Gump

“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you have to keep moving.” Albert Einstein

There are as many things to compare your life to as there are things, but today were taking a closer look at the Blockbuster clearance shelf.

I don’t know if you remember Blockbuster Video stores. Ours was a huge store with shelves and shelves of movie DVDs in every genre (except that one), isles of movie theater size candy, and even the random stuffed monkey or fancy pencil at the checkout stand – just in case you needed one.  You never knew what was going to be on the clearance shelf, so it was always wise to stop by and take a look.

1. It’s messy. Just like the clearance shelves, life is messy. There are messy parts, neatly ordered parts, and blank parts. It’s in no particular order, and often people you know come through and create more chaos. It’s up to you and the people you love and trust to come back and put things back in order.

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2. Sometimes the wrong disc is in the wrong case. You will make mistakes. Sometimes you won’t do or say the right thing and life will get mixed up.
3. Sometimes the disc is missing. Life is made up of millions of opportunities. If we don’t pay attention we will miss them, and sometimes, like the missing disc, we might make a choice and it turns out empty.
4. It’s overwhelming. Sometimes the chaos of the clearance shelves was just too much for me and I had to look away. Sometimes life is overwhelming and we need to take a step back and regroup before moving forward again.
5. You never know what’s going to be there. Sometimes the clearance shelves had things I liked, sometimes they didn’t. There will be good times in your life, and there will be bad.  Accept that and check in frequently with your life, you may find a treasure you almost missed.

So this week, my reader, I encourage you to take a look at your life as if it were the Blockbuster Video clearance shelf. It’s messy, imperfect, overwhelming and, if you stand back and look at it, an absolutely awesome work of art.

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