Hard Squeeze

If you hold something loosely, it may not stay where you hope it will; you are so right about that.

But the more you squeeze it, in an attempt to keep it where you want it, the more likely it is to sting you, suffocate to death, or squirt itself out from between your fingers.

And if it doesn’t reject the hard squeeze, it isn’t likely something you want to keep…or perhaps it’s already dead.

~ cj 2013.07.19

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4 Responses to Hard Squeeze

  1. Chris says:

    Yep CJ, So true, so true 🙂

  2. Dee says:

    Reminds me of dancing with a partner: a hand held too tightly makes the dance awkward if not dangerous, whereas a loosely held hand allows the partners to move together with grace.

    • cjromb says:

      Dee, I use a dance analogy for squeezing too hard as well! I almost wrote it up as part of this…If you lean too far forward, your partner either has to lean way back, or they have to step back….I love your version of it, too!

  3. Steve says:

    Yep. That’s true about almost anything.

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