About 30 years ago, I shared my bubble analogy with a friend. She remembers it well enough to remind me of my own words. I have experienced many different bubbles since then. So, I look at life, situations, and all experiences as a bunch of different bubbles of reality. We all live in our own little private and personal bubble as well as blend into many other external bubbles. All of these bubbles are different experiences of reality, ultimately forming our perceptions and beliefs. Some of us have lives that have shown us several different bubbles from the inside, that many other lives have never encountered. Some of us are born and raised in a small town, with the same people, and the same way of life for their entire experience, and they are comfortable this way. If a new bubble enters an established bubble of another, there could be conflict and opposition causing one or both bubbles to pop. Not everything new that enters our bubble is a pleasant experience, however it now exists in your big bubble as a learning experience therefore reshaping your new perspective towards your external bubble. I recently had someone tell me how homeless people are the cause of so many problems today in our country, and this comment came from someone who has never slept one day on the street. This is an example of a small bubble of reality with limited perception on which to form a belief. This person heard what I had to say from my personal lived experience in my reality, and our bubbles were blended in conversation, and an awareness happened altering this person’s bubble. It’s always a good idea to be aware of your own bubble and what you allow in it, as well as what comes out of it. Spending a significant amount of time in another culture or a different environment will always alter your bubble of reality. We notice how our life changes with a new job, a new friend, a different place to lay our head, because all of these experiences are now in our personal bubble that we revolve in and will surely affect our existence, perspectives, and beliefs whether we acknowledge it or not. We always have the choice to take our bubble out of someone else’s bubble and choose a different bubble, or we can stay in one bubble and spend our entire lives struggling to keep it from popping. Personally, I’m happiest when my bubble keeps expanding, learning, growing and changing (whether internally or externally) as I believe life intended. I don’t need, or ever want, a stuck or stagnant bubble of reality and the universe knows this. I’m not here to revolve in one place like a hamster on a wheel in life. I am here to evolve and experience every beautiful bubble life has for me on the winds of my world, and so are you.
