June 30, 2014
“The circus is in town!” Looking back, I’m not sure why I was debating whether or not I should go with the group but in my defense it was just after dinner and things were winding down after another day of work. I wanted to take a shower and I rest but knew if I did, there was no chance I was going to get back up again until morning. Thankfully, with just a few minutes to make up my mind I decided I didn’t want to miss out and joined the rest of the crew as we went to go see the circus.
When we got inside the large tent, like the ones you see in kids books and movies, we grabbed some popcorn and sat down on the some rickety benches that looked like they had been set up and taken down one to many times and that any show could be their last.
Then the show began...with tigers. The space between the tigers and I was not much and the cage keeping them from me looked about as sturdy as the benches we were sitting on. One, two, three tigers came onto stage and kept coming, knowing where to go and took their seats until all 7 had been seated. They just sat there until the man in the black suit somehow told them to do something e and they did. With one of him and 7 of them it was almost as if they were in a trance, obeying all of the orders of this man. The beautiful power animals performed almost flawlessly. Jumping though hoops, walking across bars and one even gave him a hug!
The circus continued with funny little clowns, horses, a man that did tricks on a large swinging pendulum, dancers, and even a very flexible woman who could sit on her head and shoot an arrow while upsidedown..with her FEET. Needless to say it was a fun time and I left assured that the few hours less I would sleep that night was well worth it.
But while driving home I couldn’t stop thinking about the tigers. For some reason their situtation reminded me of how I sometimes live my life. Sometimes I am like one of those tigers. God has given me power, strength and a purpose for my life but their are times and situations that I don’t live that way. I let life live for me and I let culture, negative thinking or lies rule me. I do what they tell me, perform the act well but don’t live the life I was intended to live. I'm trying so hard to perform in an act that was never made to show who I was created to be. I am not an animal rights activist but watching them did make me think. I felt bad for the large animals with so much power, who were powerless. Thankfully, unlike the tigers I have a choice. I don’t have to let someone else decide what I will and won’t do. I just have to live life purposely so I don’t get caught up in an act.
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