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I suppose it comes with the time of year. For a lot of us we sit back and put on this pretense of being deep, philosophical and enlightening. I say "pretense" because it's my opinion that humankind is obsessed with the day to day materialism that makes up our lives; have the bills been paid? what's for dinner? can I afford that new car? I don't exclude myself from this group. I am, after all, human and to tell the truth, without a lot of these day to day materialistic concerns we would starve, run amok and many infrastructures would falter if not collapse. So these concerns have their place.
But as I was starting to say, it's at this time of the year - that is to say 'the beginning' - that we make those resolutions that we know we'll abandon by March, and we say "This is the year I'll make that trip to the Great Barrier Reef, I'll donate pints of blood every weekend, hand make all birthday gifts, walk the Great Wall of China and take up white water rafting! This is the year I do all of the exciting things that I've been putting off all of my life!"
You know, I'm all for following your dreams. I'm all for going after that goal that you've been too afraid to even attempt. And goodness knows that the media has been telling us to do it for decades now. Go get that hot rod car and paint it whatever color you want - because you deserve it!
Let's take a deep breath.
My Dad has a saying - do whatever makes you happy, as long as it's reasonable. Sound advice. Else half of the women I know would be neck deep in designer footware and eyebrow deep in credit card bills.
What I want to know is - what happened to celebrating and heralding the small moments that come with NO PLANNING and take you by surprise? What's wrong with filling the coming year with moments that stand still in your memory cause they're just that awesome.
For example, last night the moon was the closest it was going to be to the Earth for xyz years. I never pay attention to the numbers. Every few months another body in the heavens will lean in to smile at Earth and the media goes planet-crazy for 48 hours. My husband and I love watching the moon in all of her phases. The fact that she was full and gloriously bright last night was a plus for us. We're at my parents in the Bahamas for a visit. That's when it happened. Last night I was knitting, our son was asleep in his playpen and my parents were watching tv. My husband and I went to the back patio, pulled up enough patio chairs to prop our feet up and we watched the moon. While out there, I finished my second sock and popped both of them on my feet. Brand new socks, coffee, having a real conversation with your spouse and an amazing view of the moon. Now that is something to celebrate.
I wish you all success and health. But I also wish you the quiet moments of magic, that life might whisper.
But as I was starting to say, it's at this time of the year - that is to say 'the beginning' - that we make those resolutions that we know we'll abandon by March, and we say "This is the year I'll make that trip to the Great Barrier Reef, I'll donate pints of blood every weekend, hand make all birthday gifts, walk the Great Wall of China and take up white water rafting! This is the year I do all of the exciting things that I've been putting off all of my life!"
You know, I'm all for following your dreams. I'm all for going after that goal that you've been too afraid to even attempt. And goodness knows that the media has been telling us to do it for decades now. Go get that hot rod car and paint it whatever color you want - because you deserve it!
Let's take a deep breath.
My Dad has a saying - do whatever makes you happy, as long as it's reasonable. Sound advice. Else half of the women I know would be neck deep in designer footware and eyebrow deep in credit card bills.
What I want to know is - what happened to celebrating and heralding the small moments that come with NO PLANNING and take you by surprise? What's wrong with filling the coming year with moments that stand still in your memory cause they're just that awesome.
For example, last night the moon was the closest it was going to be to the Earth for xyz years. I never pay attention to the numbers. Every few months another body in the heavens will lean in to smile at Earth and the media goes planet-crazy for 48 hours. My husband and I love watching the moon in all of her phases. The fact that she was full and gloriously bright last night was a plus for us. We're at my parents in the Bahamas for a visit. That's when it happened. Last night I was knitting, our son was asleep in his playpen and my parents were watching tv. My husband and I went to the back patio, pulled up enough patio chairs to prop our feet up and we watched the moon. While out there, I finished my second sock and popped both of them on my feet. Brand new socks, coffee, having a real conversation with your spouse and an amazing view of the moon. Now that is something to celebrate.
I wish you all success and health. But I also wish you the quiet moments of magic, that life might whisper.