Monday, September 5, 2011

Mood- down
Health- who knows?

Today is "Labor Day" in America, a day that the workers celebrate by sleeping in and being lazy, lol!

I thought that I would go into some of the restrictions I labor under today and celebrate the fact that there are not more of them.

I labor under the restriction of food-  I am dying for a green leafy salad with baby spinach and crisp lettuce, shredded carrots, vine ripe tomatoes, thick sliced mushrooms and a pile of chick peas under a mound of alfalfa sprouts, sprinkled with real bacon bits and huge crispy croutons all drizzled with real bleu cheese dressing... sighs.  

I labor under an energy restriction- I want to go outside and walk in the sun, to hear the bees buzzing in the flowers and the birds chirping in the trees.  To hear he crunch of pebbles under my feet on the road and wave to strangers as they drive by.  To laugh at the neighbors dogs, all tough and menacing behind the fence as they defend their home and all wags and licks when you greet them at the fence, their eyes saying "don't take it personally, it is my job."

I labor under the restrictions of my body- I cannot move without pain and can do nothing for the pain but ignore it.  Simply rolling over some days can dislocate my ankle and I never know when this body part or that one will go on strike and leave me stranded in the strangest positions or places.

What I do not labor under is the feeling that it is all hopeless!

Yes, I have limitations and I have to respect that, but an active mind will always find ways to amuse itself as long as you don't dwell on the restrictions but instead expand your horizons.

I would have never had time to write or crochet or read so many books if I was not forced by my body to slow down and reflect.

I would never have noticed the bees and the birds if I was simply rushing from destination to destination only thinking of what I would do when I got there and not the world around me on the way.

I would have never discovered that I love taking pictures and finding those shots that in an instant take me back to a moment in time if all I did was click at people standing rigid and smiling at the camera.  Snapshots are not supposed to be staged and planned, they are supposed to be moments captured in time and I would have missed them if I was trying to make the world follow my rules instead of tossing the rules out the window and instead looking at the world as it is.

Yes, my life could be a lot better... but it could also be a whole heck of a lot worse and though I may get down and be sad for a few days at a time the world is just too big and there is too much to enjoy within it for me to dwell in the dark when so much is happening in the light!