“Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after.”
Oh the irony of life! As a child, I thought, “Poor kids! What a fall!” I’m certainly not imagining that this could ever be me. But it does happen to me folks, and I’ll tell you, in real life, “OUCH!!!” Don’t worry though, I’ve got no lingering scars and when I tell the story in person everyone gets a great laugh. Recently, I’ve begun to re-frame that particular fall (yup, there’ve been more!) into a metaphor for hitting rock bottoms in life. I’ll explain that in a minute but first, the fall. Continue reading “The Anatomy of My Rock Bottoms”