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Gracefully Pivoting, Without Spraining Your Ankle
Someone, I don’t remember who is was, mentioned that this is a time to “pivot” and now you hear and read about that word everywhere. What exactly does it mean to pivot, and can you do this gracefully and without spraining your ankle? Let’s explore this as I share my recent life experiences as a case study.
Spring slid into summer, even though the calendar said otherwise. The rules had all changed. The sticky hot days melted into humid evenings and swimming pools and beaches were still off limits. We were now involved in the process of living through a pandemic and I believe almost everyone knew they would have to make changes, or at least shifts in the ways they were thinking, acting, and believing in order to survive and to save others’ lives.
I thought back to 2005, the year I decided I needed a new life. I had not heard the word pivot at this time, except in relation to sports, where in basketball a player executes a movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot, while keeping the other (the pivot foot) in contact with the floor. Or in dance, where a performer’s body rotates about its vertical axis without traveling. The performer may be supported by one or both feet, which swivel in place during the pivot turn. Whereas I was not familiar with the word pivot as it related to life or…
