The Law of Rhythm

 Rhythm is usually noted as an arrangement of music, but rhythm can have a deeper meaning. It is not just the beat in a song but a way to understand how the world works. In the world, we see rhythm as a wave or cycle. Cycles create the highs and lows of life. These spirals of rhythm can be used to form us. Either they can build us up or take us down. Unfortunately, many people don't understand rhythm, and when they encounter hardships in their own life, they let hardship overtake them. The trick is picking how low your low is and not letting yourself be dragged to places you don't want to be in. Having control over your lows makes a bad day only as low as you shape it. When you go diving at a lake, reservoir, or pool, you want to dive into the water where you will not hit the ground. The water represents the low you shaped. The water keeps you safe from hitting the hard bottom, and, depending on where you choose to dive from, affects how close you get to the bottom.

The rhythm is alwas there, but to be patient is the goal. Rhythm is a cycle which means at some point in time, the cycle will restart istelf. The lows can't last forever because of the law of rhythm. This does not mean it will come in the same shape or form, but it will have the same motions to it, just like every winter and summer aren't the same, but they come at approximately the same time each year. So when we are in extreme lows, we can look forward to the coming high, just like we look forward to spring in the middle of winter. With this mindset, you can bear your lows more patiently.

"Playing piano" by nayukim is licensed under CC BY 2.0

After finding the rhythm in your life, rhythm can help you throughout your life. Rhythm can seem to change, but like in piano, life is adding more notes in between the beat. Piano and rhythm can seem hard at first. When you hear or see a piano song being played, the performer's hands seem to glide across the piano, but they took many hours to simply learn to play a complex xong. The same thing can be seen in rhythm when we see others controlling their lives and responsibilities; we can get overwhelmed with the place that we are at. First, we just need to start small so we can find the rhythm.

Ellie