22nd February 25
Carpe Diem
Matt is away again – he went away for a few days, with our youngest son, skiing.When he is away I usually get anxious but I didn’t this time.There is only one son at home and he is no bother – I just have to check in on him from time to time so really I only have to think about myself.
However, this morning I woke up and thought what a boring day. I had nothing to do, no one to see, nowhere to go. What I found interesting is that the thought of the day ahead made me instantly feel bored!
I couldn’t possibly have been bored in that amount of time – it was my mind playing tricks on me. When I am like that it’s the start of a downward spiral. I reminded myself that boredom is just a state of mind, a choice and today I chose to seize the day.
In 1989 there was a movie released called ‘The Dead Poets Society’. It was where a teacher who encouraged his students to ‘seize the day’. He asked his students to take turns to stand on his desk it’s was to demonstrates ways to look at life differently. He said they needed to rip out the introduction of their poetry books and write their own.
Here I was sitting at home expecting a boring day but why did it have to be. So I seized the day. I went out and had a lovely day.
By the time the day ended, I felt lighter, refreshed, and grateful that I had decided to embrace the day rather than let it slip away. Seizing the day didn’t mean doing something extraordinary – it just meant making the most of it.
