How The Circle Changed My Life

About a year ago, I became acutely aware of all the circles in my home and life - circles in the art I had created or bought, circles in things like our rugs, circles patterns on our dishes, circles in the toys I was collecting for the girls, circles in my clothes, circles in just about everything in my home. I was astounded at this revelation and began to collect everything that had a circular theme and put it all on our dining room table. What I would do next with all the circular items heaped together in one spot, I didn't know, but somehow seeing them all in one spot made it clear to me that there was a message in there for me. What that message was, I didn't know.

I tried to convey my enlightenment and enthusiasm to my family members, but what I usually received was an expression of "I think she's going off the deep end." I could see it in their eyes as they politely mustered up enough enthusiasm to try and share my joy and excitement. But deep inside, I knew no one, not even I, fully understood what it all meant. To those who saw these items on the table, it was nothing more than a bunch of garage sale items, but to me, it was the key to something of profound importance.

As I have discovered, circles have all kinds of religious symbolic meanings, dating back to the Egyptians, and probably even further back, but for me, there's something more about them for which I am still on the hunt. A circle is the most simple and yet complex symbol on the Earth. The Earth is a circle. The circle's great power is that it has no beginning, no middle, or end.