The Innocent By-Stander

"Take one small daily action

instead of indulging 

in the big questions."

Julia Cameron

Difficult questions surface throughout our lives.  Each one may be quite valid, but may not be answerable for years to come.  Even when we eliminate an inquiry, another issue replaces it.  As the stack of questions grows taller, we may feel as though our ability to deal with them shrinks smaller and smaller.

The way we react to challenges, to the big questions, depends upon how we view ourselves.  We may feel like a pawn in some game; a fool or clown; a mark or martyr; and maybe an innocent by stander in our own lives.  

It is only when we take action, even a baby step, that we can empower ourselves.  Choose to do something physical:  running, weeding the garden, dance, walk, clean house or go for a drive.  Through movement, we can escape temporarily the constant questioning, and clear our heads.  The physical action actually distracts us from our questions.  

It surprises many when they choose an action, setting aside questions, an answer will appear.  If we sit too long, our questions drain all of our energy.  With movement, we can shift back into balance and we won't feel as though life is so out of proportion.

Do questions dominate our lives?  Do we feel as though we are an innocent  by stander as life plays out before us?  We have a choice to either be a spectator or a player, so which will we choose to be?