The water of life
When my children were young and I was a little more frenetic about my work, I suggested to them a series of metaphors:
- if life was cruising, all was well within capacity
- if life was "going swimmingly", I was working hard but succeeding;
- if life was like "treading water", I was working hard but not seeming to get anywhere;
- if life gave one a "sinking feeling", then I was not coping....
It seemed to reach them, and, if I was inattentive, Lucy would sometimes ask spontaneously "are you swimming or treading water ?"
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