Summer does funny things to me. I can’t help it. I return back to days when I’d hang from noon till 6 at the Carrollton pool with my bathing-beauty, goddess girlfriends. Modeling funny, wet-hair mo-hawks or displaying back dives and side dives off the deep end, vying for the attention of the lifeguards with our pre-teen mad swimming skills.

It’s hot. Kids are off school. Backyard BBQ’s and pool parties prevail. The heat just DOES something to me. It makes me frisky. It makes me energetic. It makes me want to play. It also makes me lethargic and lazy.

I’ve been wondering if I’m “slipping” a little bit. What do I mean? Well, I’ve got loads of things to DO. I know - I’m a BE’er not a DO’er right? But hey…who else is gonna come and check things off my list? Who else is gonna take PMP to the next level?

I find myself on the teeter-totter. I must share, this time last year, I felt like I was at one end of the teeter (or is it totter?). Then about 6 months ago, I felt I’d hopped on over to the other side. The pendulum had swung ALL the way over.

Now I find myself somewhere in the middle. Not sitting on either side, but standing tall - leaning back and forth form one side to the other. Testing my stretching and flexibility skills. I’m definitely having more fun playing the balancing act.

It seems when we’re living at one extreme, we naturally then pull back and explore the opposite option. How else do we discover where our boundaries lie? How else can we sample both dark and light? What if Forrest Gump was right? What if life is like a box of chocolates?

Isn’t it better to have sampled the many flavors and shades? Sometimes we get a surprise and ooey-gooey cherry filling oozes tempting our tongues. Or we find a bumpy-turtle filling. Others are smooth and rich with creamy milk chocolate. And sometimes we get that funky…what’s it called – nugit – nasty filling. Life hands us as many flavors and colors of chocolate as there are colors in the rainbow.

So I won’t be too hard on myself. I won’t get pissed if I have a hazy-lazy day and need to pull back from the world and the work a bit. It’ll all unfold as it’s designed to. I’ve got a vision. I’ve got a mission. I’ve got the support of amazing family and friends. The Universe in all it’s divine glory has got my back.

I’ll be like the kids. I’ll give myself these last couple of weeks. I’ll let myself play. I’ll take more naps. I’ll be a bathing beauty. I’ll anticipate back to school season. And savor the big picture and not fret over the tiny details. Not yet. Just a couple more weeks. Then I’ll “buckle down”. I’ll shift back into the school season and learning and teaching and giving and receiving. I’m scheduled to teach two classes this fall as well as my full-time administrative duties and building the PMP Empire. So my fall looks BUSY! But it’s ALL good stuff people…good stuff. I love my life and right now, on this hot and hazy 100+ degree day, I’m gonna take it one hot minute at a time!

Which end of the totter are you on? How might you seek more balance today?

Teeter’in & totter’in,
Kam-a-licious