[ Spinning ]

The symbolism of the ‘spinning plates’ is appropriate.  I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen the action live, though. Maybe at a Cirque du Soleil show.

The analogy is good: we feel like the circus performer who has to keep all those plates in the air, on those tiny poles, way up there in the air.  And when one slows down, we have to spin it again so that it doesn’t fall off its perch.

Too many tasks, too many priorities, too many expectations – these can have the same effect.  The thing is, we’re really not performing in the circus.