​Is It a Matter of Gravity?

Like all little kids with unbridled enthusiasm, you probably had your moments of light-footed leaps of joy at the sight of a loved one, a summer fair or amusement park, or a special gift. Children running to jump into the arms of a loved one is especially endearing to those with a sense of life’s value and the harshness one encounters just by enduring to an older age. By the time children turn to teens, the jumping in elation begins to diminish. Those who in their very early youth could walk in air become quite attached to the ground. Of course, with growing comes increased mass, and with increased mass comes stronger gravitational pull. Getting off the ground takes a bit more energy, for many, too much energy to bother exerting.
 
But is it just a matter of physical law? Or is it, rather, a matter of situational gravity? Being weighed down by a physical force does diminish the height of one’s leap, but cause is the cause of leaping. We jump for joy for a reason.
 
Why is it that we become em-pondered as we become empowered? Responsibility, however ponderous, doesn’t necessitate a gravity of mood. Do we become graver as we understand the grave or get closer to falling into it?
 
Find yourself weighed down? Succumbing to the gravity of your situation? You still have the ability to leap. You might not be as light on your feet as you were as a child, but you are more powerful. You’ve overcome gravity before. You can overcome the gravity of the moment.