Today I lost my cool when a few things didnt happen to go the way that I wanted it. I sat down on the step on the side verandah and just brooded and sulked because things I wanted to happen were not going to happen. And then I remembered that there were two miners, two fathers, still stuck underground in a small cage, waiting patiently for rescuers to dig them out. This realisation made me feel stupid, selfish and self indulgent.
I then picked myself up and went on my way and went to visit the little men in their paddock, thankful that I was not sitting a kilometre under ground in a cage.
I then heard on Sky News that Richard Carlton had a heart attack and died while working for 60 minutes at Beaconsfield.
It was this news that really made me feel like I had no reason to be sulky.
Iam 41 and 3/4 years old (yes, 42 is approaching in just over a week... AAArgh!) ... Iam healthy, I have a wonderful husband who would do anything for me, I live an idyllic lifestyle on 80 acres on the beautiful Queensland Darling Downs, Iam surrounded by horses and dogs (and birds?) - so why the hell am I feeling so hardly done by?
I then knew that I should be thankful for the opportunity to be able to live the life that I live.
I have seen it written that life is wasted on the living, and that is so true. Too many people keep putting off things that they want to do in their life because of no real reason - all these reasons are just excuses we make to justify why we won't move out of our way and take the first step to get out there and give life a go.
After pondering all of the above, I then realised that today will never come around again - its gone.
I guess like the miners, we are all in a cage that is our life, with the difference being each one of us can change the way our cage is shaped and we are each in charge of how long we sit out and watch others really living their life.
Perhaps now is the time to make a few changes.
I then picked myself up and went on my way and went to visit the little men in their paddock, thankful that I was not sitting a kilometre under ground in a cage.
I then heard on Sky News that Richard Carlton had a heart attack and died while working for 60 minutes at Beaconsfield.
It was this news that really made me feel like I had no reason to be sulky.
Iam 41 and 3/4 years old (yes, 42 is approaching in just over a week... AAArgh!) ... Iam healthy, I have a wonderful husband who would do anything for me, I live an idyllic lifestyle on 80 acres on the beautiful Queensland Darling Downs, Iam surrounded by horses and dogs (and birds?) - so why the hell am I feeling so hardly done by?
I then knew that I should be thankful for the opportunity to be able to live the life that I live.
I have seen it written that life is wasted on the living, and that is so true. Too many people keep putting off things that they want to do in their life because of no real reason - all these reasons are just excuses we make to justify why we won't move out of our way and take the first step to get out there and give life a go.
After pondering all of the above, I then realised that today will never come around again - its gone.
I guess like the miners, we are all in a cage that is our life, with the difference being each one of us can change the way our cage is shaped and we are each in charge of how long we sit out and watch others really living their life.
Perhaps now is the time to make a few changes.
So, the next time you say to someone, "I really want to go and see....", or "I would really like to try .......... " Stop thinking about it - just do it.
Helen
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