This title here , it seems so familiar. Maybe I read it on the blog I have taken to following off late. But it just seems so apt for what I am saying here that I decided to use it anyway. Just this morning as I made my way from home to work, a task that is absolutely uninspiring and a source of irritation everyday of my life, I was absolutely distraught with the amount of work I had left to do, how I was going to get it done, how I needed a new job, how my life was falling apart in terms of my career. Apart from this, I was obsessing over my health as I always do, worrying about how much I eat and spend on food, worried about my parents - ok you get the picture. So basically I was worried about everything under the sun and I started to feel a little suffocated.
Then suddenly, something hit me and I paused to take in the setting around me. The sun was up and about, nice and pleasant. There was a gentle breeze as the branches of the trees above my head swayed. I took a deep breath and I realised that I had lived another day in peace and the comfort of a proper home, with proper food and good clothes. I had slept for a good 8 hours, woken up to another amazing day on this planet. What more, I could speak to my parents whenever I wanted to and I have great friends who I can turn to at any time of the day. Suddenly the air was fresher and I saw that the possibilities/opportunities were plenty. It was just a matter of me pulling everything together and working towards what I want or what I think I want and need. And in that moment, all the worry left me and I felt relieved.
I just wanted to share this experience because sometimes we are all so absorbed in what we think are the worst problems in the world that we forget to look around and appreciate the smaller and more important things. Maybe if we all took the time out to see the positives of everyday gone by, life would not be half as hard.
Then suddenly, something hit me and I paused to take in the setting around me. The sun was up and about, nice and pleasant. There was a gentle breeze as the branches of the trees above my head swayed. I took a deep breath and I realised that I had lived another day in peace and the comfort of a proper home, with proper food and good clothes. I had slept for a good 8 hours, woken up to another amazing day on this planet. What more, I could speak to my parents whenever I wanted to and I have great friends who I can turn to at any time of the day. Suddenly the air was fresher and I saw that the possibilities/opportunities were plenty. It was just a matter of me pulling everything together and working towards what I want or what I think I want and need. And in that moment, all the worry left me and I felt relieved.
I just wanted to share this experience because sometimes we are all so absorbed in what we think are the worst problems in the world that we forget to look around and appreciate the smaller and more important things. Maybe if we all took the time out to see the positives of everyday gone by, life would not be half as hard.
