We live near a couple of TVA lakes which not only helps with our electricity costs but also provides some great enjoyable sporting activities for all the people. Each winter, TVA lowers the water level as demand increases and in anticipation of increased water from rains and snow which avoids flooding.
In the summer time the water table is raised up to the upper banks and looks fabulous, but in the winter as the water lowers things change. You see within the valleys use to be homesteads with families living their lives near the creeks that were dammed up by the TVA. When the water is lowered you see home foundations exposed. In fact one railroad trestle going across the valley that use to carry lumber to the mills from the mountain areas can still be seen only during the low water periods.
In looking at these, my mind goes back to what might have been the life activities of the people then. What were their joys? What were their struggles? What secrets are buried under the water? What happened within the homes where foundations are now the only thing standing?
But as soon as the lake begins to rise all that is covered and the people boating over the top of these homes have no idea what lies below.
Each one of us has a past history. Some was joyous, some were hard, and some damaged us emotionally. Yet when people see us, we only show them what is on top of the water and never come to terms with what is under the water people see.
This year consider doing something with the feeling found in the foundations of you life. We can never get rid of those foundations but consider confiding in a friend who will not judge your foundations found under the water, but help you to move on to a healthy life with others.
Like the TVA foundations, they will never go away but focus on what is on top of the water and not what is underneath.
My two cents
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