I can't help but wonder at the value of
routine. Me thinks the 'R' word invades
our spaces at every turn . . .
Harking back to those 41 years I was
teaching, sooooo don't think I would've
made it without routine. Everything
from survival to enjoyment depended
on it. Getting up at o' dark thirty, driving
like hell and gone to get to school an
hour away, rushing home to fix supper,
loving on my kids a bit and off to bed.
I find it interesting to compare my highly
routined days of yesteryear to those I live
now. Alas, I still wake at ungodly hours,
but I can have ice cream for breakfast,
fall back asleep when I've a mind to, run
out on errands or sit by the fire all day if
I so choose.
Maybe the real answer, the right answer,
would be to have some of both worlds on
the agenda. There's absolutely nothing
wrong with an organized life with a dash
of spontaneity for dessert. It comes to me
that I may just be looking for the word
LIVE vs. the term EXIST!
Most likely, we associate living with
spontaneity and existing with routine.
And like it or not, there may be some
truth to this. But, to coin a time honored
phrase, when in doubt, do both!
love me some living
existings overrated
perhaps balance both
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