Oh man. The cards just ain’t going to give a chick a break! Seriously. The Tower already? Oy.
Okay, okay. In case the cards are listening, I’m not going to be kvetching. So let’s reign it in, shall we?
Maybe your worldview is under attack. (It’s probably not getting hit from Tree-people, but whatever). The point is, even the most cherished assumptions, even the most taken-for-granted facts, even those cornerstones you take for granted as absolute reality can and will come down if they are built on false premises. You dig?
This is not only okay, it’s right. I would even go so far as to say “good,” if I weren’t concerned somebody would feel the need to smack me. So I’ll stick with “right,” as in, “reflects reality.”
If the Tower stands, it’s because it has structural integrity. If the Tower falls, it’s because it does not. So while no one welcomes the disruption and generally rude awakening of a Tower crashing, you can at least welcome in the truth. Nobody questions where they stand when the Tower has fallen.
Knowing the truth is powerful! Be sad for losses if you will, but know: once any tears are wiped away, what you see before you is REAL. Solid and unchanging, there are no more rugs to be yanked from beneath you, no rotting mess that’s hidden out of view.
I’d rather have a real mess to clean up than a pretty but fake façade to trick me into thinking nothing is amiss. With the mess, you can do something about it.
You feeling the Tower? (Hope NOT!)
