This concept of “dropping the ball”, is all too familiar in the Western world. We are taught quite early on that no matter what, we mustn’t drop the ball. We must keep it together and fulfill all our roles and responsibilities to the fullest of our capacity, no matter what.
What if we did “drop the ball”, what then? This concept of keeping it all together is based on cultural and familial conditioning and beliefs. We work ourselves to a state of catatonic burnout by trying to be more, do more and hold onto more. In reality, each of us is here with our own story line and our own human limit.
We have to stop and recognize, especially when that feeling of overwhelm sets in, that we are at our highest limit at this present moment and have accomplished everything we can handle right now. If we try to do more, try to pick up all the balls, we will burn out, and that’s when the voices of guilt, self-hate and failure set in.
Drop that ball, fall into spiritual care, self-care that includes love, kindness, and joy. Fall into peace which includes an acceptance of the topping off of our and others human limit and letting go of unattainable expectations of ourselves and others. That’s when we can truly sit back into out spiritual self and just be.
If and when we feel ready, we can pick up that ball again, or simply observe it, wherever it fell. Applauding ourselves for making it to this top limit of our human story.