life is good, right? you know the saying, “don’t let the little stuff get to you” er… something like that. what about, “don’t let the bastards wear you down” (thank you sjs for this). “put it in perspective” (thanks, cjs) all these sayings take on a whole new meaning as you get older and shitty shit happens, doesn’t it? reframe it and it all doesn’t seem so bad after all. i don’t know why all of this is floating in my head. wait, maybe i do. i’m sick of my job (and the women that hang out there), i want to do some things with the house (i just need 10grand, dammit!), i want to go to the beach with my husband and children (now!), etc, etc…
when things weigh on my mind and i need to escape and retreat i have an overwhelming desire to clean my house and get rid of crap. weird, huh? but not just crap- excess. i think sometimes we just have too much crap in our lives and we must recenter ourselves and realize what’s important. cleaning and purging the crap that accumulates in the house does the same for my mind and soul. as i box up and bag up our possessions that we rarely use, or don’t need anyway, i start to feel the weight lift off my shoulders.
i am lucky to have a job, at least i have a home, and it’s cold at the beach… we’ll wait until summer to venture there.
besides running (too cold right now!) i have been doing yoga here and i absolutely love it. i can’t explain it, but where have you been all my life yoga? i heart you. i love the serenity and calm you bring me. oh! and the soreness you bring the next morning. i love it when i’m working out and i think i’m meditating. can’t beat it.
i’ll stop with my ramblings. time for bed. this is my new “reframing” quote:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
– Buddha