thoughts on the news of the day: volcanoes

hmmm…..

            Looks like the volcano in Iceland has erupted again.  The event sent a plume of smoke, steam and ash into the air as high as 12 miles.  An air traffic controller said that the Keflavik airport was closed early this morning and no flights were landing or taking off.  The plume covers Iceland but doesn’t seem to be heading toward Europe.

            Remember when this happened in April of last year? I have a friend whose trip to London with her husband was cancelled because of it.  After five days of clogging air space, the volcano finally subsided, the air cleared and air travel to Europe was restored.  My friend’s vacation was delayed but not cancelled.

            Do you remember a time when you thought a problem was resolved, only to find it crop up again?  Health problems, relationship problems, money problems are not always solved the first time.  They reappear like ashy volcanoes in Iceland.  So what do we do about that?

            We have choices.  We can pretend or forget that the problem never happened the first time.   We can ignore it the second time.  Or we can look at the circumstances and see if we can determine why the situation has occurred again.  I think the third choice is best.  Facing our problems squarely and honesty results in the best outcome most nearly all the time. 

            Volcanoes erupt in our lives, sometimes over and over again.  That doesn’t mean we have failed, it just means we have more to learn.

            hmmm…..