As the sky and the ground

Sometimes we can find out great truths about ourselves by considering those things that we do unconsciously.  Those things that we do without even thought must mean they are automatic and, therefore, innate within our nature.  This can reveal things about ourselves, but then, it can go further to show us how we relate to our environment as well.

When things are stable or certain, our hands tend to face their palms down and seemingly pat the ground in front of us.  We may not bend down to literally touch the earth, but we motion it in the air.  Or we signify it when we're talking to someone to calm down from anger or excitement.  We refer to the earth when we want to signify stability- that is, "grounded".

The universal sign for questions or uncertainty is hands open and palms up to the sky.  We may further signify it by raising arms or shoulders to the sky before dropping them back down, i.e. a shrug.  The sky, and all that it contains, is vastly unknown, and, therefore, it signifies instability for us.

However, instability doesn't always have to own a negative connotation- it offers the chance for change, hopefully for the better.  To submerge into the unknown and to break the surface with something better exemplifies what it means to live.  Doesn't achievement prompt us to throw our arms into the air?  It's because achievement steps out of the unknown as something favorable.

So, stability may be good, but it is not all.  We feel most alive when we plant our roots in novel soil, and we flourish.