The Paradox of Life as seen through a Kaleidoscope

Dear Reader:

Were you like me over the Valentines Day’s interval ? Valentines Day was just the kickoff for Presidents Day?

Happy surprises that brought me such joy arrived randomly through out the following holidays …between hearts and Presidents is a rather strange experience!

As a child … a kaleidoscope brought me such wide-eyed deliciousness… pure wonder!

As I sat yesterday afternoon looking through my new kaleidoscope ( thank you!)I, once again , felt the sheer pull backwards to the mystique of childish magic, after many years of living!

Then a fascinating article popped up from Nirmala Sankaren article about a kaleidoscope depicting a paradox on life.

A kaleidoscope represents repeating patterns …our complex minds juggling melancholy and euphoria… depending on how we see life at the moment of changing lights.

We self-discover how we build our own attitudes toward life and the universe around us! Through our own acceptance of life and light.

A great lesson to learn about living in harmony (about living in light and darkness) is that things fall apart sometimes but they can always be put back together …in a different pattern!

Mollie and the children stopped by yesterday and we had such fun… Rutledge stayed behind with me while Lachlan and Eloise went to the park with Mollie. Rut and I tried out some of the play rooms especially the puzzles room.

So until tomorrow we had fun yesterday!!!

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”

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