Blog Interrupted

About halfway through my first semester of law school, my torts professor finished up class by telling us a story from his days in basic training. He told us that he and some friends had failed to master the monkey bars, believing it was a test of strength. Once they figured out that momentum had a more direct correlation with success, they were able to master the monkey bars and move on.

In telling us this story, he analogized the monkey bars to law school. Once you learn to get the force of momentum behind you, the task becomes more manageable.

This being my first post in more than three weeks, I am reminded of that story as I look back and wonder what happened.

Last night was a perfect microcosm of what happened. With the greatest of intentions of writing again, I was called into a more important task – caring for an ill toddler.

Beyond last night, there is the long litany of usual excuses – busy week at work, rec league volleyball, football on television, too tired, etc. Sadly, when the pace of life does pick up, it is often the more enjoyable tasks that go to the bottom of my list.

That’s when I was reminded of the monkey bars analogy. When the pace of life does pick up, you just have to get your momentum behind you and hang in there.