Cannonball

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It was Cassius Clay who first shouted, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

Ah, to be graceful and powerful at the same time; to move like molten silver and strike like a stinger missile.

There is a rare balance that we all seek to achieve in our lives where our mind, body, and soul are aligned in perfect harmony. We move, think and act with all of our power centers firing in unison. We feel almost transcendent. There is clarity in our thoughts and we feel great.

My first year of traveling for Great Lakes Christian College was spent in this state. I was physically, mentally, and spiritually at the top of my game. I can almost pinpoint the apex of my spiritual state.

Damien Rice later sang, “It’s easy to fall when you float like a cannonball.”

Lately that’s more of what I feel like. Disjointed. Clumsy. Awkward. Heck, I probably even look more like a cannonball than I used to.

This year really has been a focus of new beginnings before; striving to bring all those things that have been in such disarray for so long into alignment. I’ve spent the past few months bracing for impact, waiting for the moment when I’m going to crash.

Something has got to give. If things don’t change, then something is going to break.

When so many depend on you, you have to step up and take responsibility. I can make excuses until I’m blue in the face, but in the end, the choice is always mine.

So I’m making that decision; to take control of my body, to take control of my mind, and to take control of my spirit. Discipline is not easy, but if I am going to who God has called me to be, then I have to make that daily choice to align all the parts of me into what it needs to be.

Butterfly or cannonball? I’m going to aim for the butterfly.