Jugglando

When I spent a college semester in Nicaragua, I remember going to see an active volcano with my friend Emily. It was relatively early in the semester and, as we walked up the road to the top of the volcano, we came across a typical yellow road sign. The sign read "CRUZANDO" and had a picture of an armadillo-type animal. Confused, Emily and I both looked at each other and asked, "What's a cruzando?" It wasn't until later that we realized the sign meant "crossing"- implying that armadillos tended to cross the road there.

Looking into the volcano caldera

Another time I had trouble with present progressive Spanish was when my friend Daniel would wait for the chicken bus to take him home. He told me he often practiced juggling things to pass the time. One day he told me he heard someone talking about him. He told me he heard laughter and the word "jugglando." I later realized jugglando is not present progressive Spanish for "juggling." Jugglando isn't even a word.

I've never been able to jugglando. I don't know if I could, even if I tried. However, I'm told a good juggler focuses his eyes on the highest point of the objects he juggles. He doesn’t focus on any one object but looks to where the objects stop ascending and start descending. In the same way, we juggle school, work, relationships, hobbies, and everything in between. Things in life come up and go down but we must keep our eyes on the highest point. We must always look to Christ.