When the ball rolls . . . in the right direction!

Balls.  (stay above ground with me here, people).  They are infamous.  They have many different jobs:  You can "Get the ball rolling", be "on the ball", have "too many balls up in the air at once", have "dropped the ball", or even have "the ball in your court".  Yes, there are lots of different kinds of balls.  All the above, however, suggest a direction.  That means, depending on the ball you possess at the moment, you can either be going in the right direction . . . or the wrong one . . . and, trust me, when those balls pick up momentum, you do not want to be in possession of the "wrong" ball.

Sometimes, though, you work and work and work and work, seemingly towards an end, even though you can't always clearly see where the end is.  It can get frustrating because instead of seeing results, you just see exhaustion.  I felt that way recently.  I tend to do 20 different things all at the same time (not literally, but I always have multiple things going on simultaneously).  I actually ran the candle at both ends for so long I got sick.  Now, although that's really not surprising, you can only go so long before your body makes you take a step back, it is still annoying.  Don't get me wrong, I loved everything I was doing, but I was overworking myself.  I overworked myself because I have a list of things I want to accomplish (that "list" I had brought up a few weeks back, with immediate and long-term goals).  I needed to "get the ball rolling" on some of those items, so I have been working attempting to try to do just that.  The cold, however, made me feel as though I regressed.  Yet, to my surprise, today I realized that all my hard work might be finally paying off.  The "right" ball might be finally gaining some momentum!  What an amazing feeling!  

Now, nothing holds definitive certainty, but still, sometimes you can just feel when things are starting to move in the right direction for you.  When finally, after constantly feel like you're about to "drop the ball" because you have been juggling things for so long, something starts to go right, it is a complete relief and sense of accomplishment.  You did it!  You got the right ball moving and it's actually starting to pick up momentum on its own.  Things might actually be falling into place.  Now, you just need to keep it moving.

A word of warning, though.  The right direction may pose as obstacles:  more work, time conflicts, a required change of an otherwise already scheduled routine.  Be careful.  Learn to sift through the obstacles and see the opportunities.  Opportunity often comes disguised as hard work, but recognize that it is, in fact, there.  It's left the "ball" in your court, if you will, giving you the chance to make the next move.  Don't go against fate when it has started the ball moving in the right direction for you.  Embrace it and run with it.  After all, you put in all the leg work prior to that point for a reason.  Keep the ball rolling!!