I was stopped in my tracks. So I recently came across a little different perspective, called the rubber ball and glass ball theory. Everyday we are juggling so much.
Work. House. Messages. Commitments. Expectations. Family. The list just goes on…and on. It can feel relentless and repetitive. Here’s the perspective that stopped me in my tracks, not every ball were holding is the same.
Some are rubber. They can drop. The missed workout. The unanswered email. The laundry that waits. The plans you keep rescheduling. They bounce. They recover. They’re forgiving.
But some are glass.
And those are sacred. The bedtime chats. The slow mornings. The laughter around the dinner table. The quiet moments with your significant other or a pet. The ordinary days that don’t look big at the time, but one day you realize was everything. Glass doesn’t bounce, it breaks.
I’m learning that success isn’t about keeping every ball in the air perfectly.
It’s about knowing which ones you can let fall and which ones you need to protect. Because in the end, it won’t be the perfectly managed schedule that defines our life. It’ll be the moments we chose to guard.
Guard the glass. Let the rubber bounce.
If you are juggling alot right now, just remember it’ll be ok you will get through this, I know you are strong! Take a slow deep breath and let it out softly then tell yourself “I will be ok, I can do this”💪🏼