Double Dutch

When I was a kid, I loved double dutch jump rope.  I remember being fairly decent at it too.  But I was reminded of this playground game today on the way to take the kids to school.  Emily was driving and my mind was wandering a little.  I was thinking about how I need to be eating a little healthier and had already decided that after our show tomorrow, I would start walking or going to the gym more regularly (like more than one time a week)....not the day after the show, mind you...but,on MONDAY.  


This is the way my life tends to go.  I will wait until the perfect circumstances are in place, and then I will do whatever it is that needs to be done.  This is a lie.  There are no perfect circumstances.  Monday comes and too often goes without real committed starting of anything.  Something comes up and throws a wrench in the mix.  A kid is sick.  An errand needs to be done. My eyebrows need waxing.  My gray hair is showing.  It's that time of the month.  I need to do the dishes or the laundry or check Facebook.  Whatever it is, it messes up my perfect circumstances and time keeps on marching by...without me reaching any of my goals.


In double dutch, two girls twirl the jump ropes in opposite directions and you wait for the just the right time to jump in.  You wait just long enough to seem cool, but if you wait too long, the people in line behind you get annoyed or the bell rings and your fun never even begins.  Sometimes you get to jump a long time.  Sometimes your foot hits the rope and your turn is over.  Either way you did your best, you got to jump and it was AWESOME!!  AND, you got to go back to the end of the line and wait to take another turn.  No matter how your jump went, you got to take another turn!!  


Starting today, I will not wait for the perfect circumstances.  I will stop being so hard on myself.  I don't want to miss anything and I don't want to reach another season with the realization that the perfect "Monday" never rolled around.  I am getting back in line to take another turn.  I won't wait.  I will just jump in and do whatever my very best is every day.  Even if it isn't perfect.


Wanna jump with me?