… we all want to sort it out, make it work, straighten it out, put it in order, but sometimes, disorder is actually the order of the universe. And when nature is ready it sorts out it’s own mess. “… and what about when it is not sorted out?” Someone ask. Then it is meant to remain unsorted. Can we not give nature a helping a hand? Sure we can, but only a very little one.
It happened that when my little one’s permanent teeth started coming out, some were just a bit too keen, too eager and couldn’t be bother to wait for the milk tooth to drop off. The milk tooth seem to be in no hurry and was just leisurely hanging around. The impatient permanent tooth just started pushing forth and appearing in the most awkward place behind and in front of the milk tooth. It didn’t look right at all, it was disorderly, iggly piggily to say the list. Being a first time mum, I panicked and bundled the little one as a matter of urgency to the dentist. He (the dentist) calmed me down and assured me that the disorder in front of me is the order of nature and everything will fall in place, he said that milk tooth will eventually fall out and the iggily piggily permanent tooth will be knocked or if you prefer gently guided into place by the tongue and the mouth. I couldn’t help but wonder how the soft tongue and mouth will straighten out the hard tough tooth, but that is just how things works.
As if I hadn’t learnt my lesson, we had another over eager permanent tooth, doing exactly the same, but this time, it looked really worse, moreover the process appeared to be taking much longer, the milk tooth definitely was not going anywhere, the permanent tooth appeared vicious and determined, the battle ensued! Friends started advising we should get the milk tooth removed. Off we went to the dentist again. We got the same answer again, the tongue and mouth will sort it out! Let it be.
In our lives, we face situations and circumstances and we itch, we are eager to do something about it or well meaning people around us are pushing and insisting we take actions, but before we rush around like a headless chicken, we should stop and take stock, not all things are within our control, not all things can be resolved by our determination and motivation, somethings just have to be handed back to our maker, we must let nature resolve it. I believe there will be less depression, frustration, agitations etc when we understand that some things are purely for the tongue and mouth to resolve, striving ends immediately and we can just sit back and be amazed.
Chill and allow the tongue and mouth to straighten things out! Let the gentle hand of nature do its work. Our maker is in control. Someone reminded me that some adults still have iggily piggily teeth and the tongue and mouth seem not to have knocked or gently patted things into place. My response in that case is that maybe iggily piggily is their lot in life and the disorder is their own order. A revisit to the dentist may then be necessary to definitely knock things into place, but until then we all owe nature a chance to do its work.
Do we become complacent as we wait on the tongue and mouth? No we learn patience and we stay watchful and diligent. Having done all to stand, we stand therefore.
Show forth your teeth, smile! He is in control, the tongue and mouth must be allowed to do their job!
Beautiful Ivory 