By Trina Machacek
There are two very specific times of the day. When you get up and when you go to bed. Let’s look at them as the giddy-up and the whoa of the day. Which one you look forward too the most can change with the circumstances of your life. But! Yes, a cover, covered “but.” Which is the best time for you?
Trina Machacek
Over the years of life we, okay me, I have noticed, I have had times where I just couldn’t hardly wait for the next day to dawn. Giddy-up days. To have your feet hit the floor so you can get out there and accomplish something, or celebrate or create.
There are also times when I have gotten up just to start the countdown to when I would be able to crawl back under the protection of the covers. Where I could just pull the comforter up over my head and hide from, well actually hide from life. That’s why a comforter is called a comforter. Whoa days.
The object though is to strive for giddy-up and learn from whoa. Just like you do when you learn to ride a horse, or drive a car.
In dark times in my life those whoa times stand out in a blaze. When sick comes home and settles in. Whether it is you that is sick, or you are taking care of someone who is sick. When you just get so sick and tired of the sick. I can’t be the only one who at one or more times, has been making the bed and starts to count the number of hours until the bed is opened up again. Like open arms of comfort you can nearly feel the bed reaching out to take you in. Giving a gentle whoa of a push to all that is happening around you. It’s alright to go through that, you are not alone.
On the other hand. Oh, the giddy-up days of life. When you have something happening in your life that is so amazing that you leap out of bed, if you even went to bed, to meet the day. Graduation? Wedding day? For me, I knew the day my first book, a hold in your hand, real book would arrive and I not only had a hard time falling asleep, I charged into that day like it was made just for me.
The difference between the giddy-up and whoa is so discernable. There is also magic in the two types of days. Just like if you have ever fallen and broken a bone, sprained an ankle, broken up with the love of your life at the tender age of 15, you will always remember the day. But the sting that a whoa day makes us feel, dulls with time. The elation of the giddy-up days, however, seem to be able to be recalled with all the ta-da they created when they happened.
That is called mercy. Learning that if you fall you will be hurt, but you get up. Whether or not you get up to count the hours until you fall back into bed, or you start to anticipate the next day, and the next. It’s all up to you. Mercy is the understanding that you can show yourself compassion.
So get ye up. Find your giddy-up.
Trina lives in Diamond Valley, north of Eureka, Nevada. She loves to hear from readers. Email her at itybytrina@yahoo.com
